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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?
(a) Merrill Flood.
(b) Robert Axelrod.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) John Nash.

2. Which game was popular in the IAS lunch rooms?
(a) Tic-tac-toe.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chess.
(d) Poker.

3. How old was von Neumann when he was invited to teach a course at Princeton?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

4. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.
(a) Probability.
(b) Topology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Philosophy.

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?
(a) Nash.
(b) Oppenheimer.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

2. After what war did the United States engage in a prolonged nuclear arms race with another country?

3. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?

4. Tic-tac-toe, like the game of ____ , has a finite number of ways it can be played, which can be calculated by a computer.

5. In Chapter 1 if the person in one of the rooms pushes the button before their loved one in another room their loved one will be ____.

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