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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. What does IAS stand for?
(a) Institute for Armament Strategies.
(b) Institute for Advanced Studies.
(c) Institute of Armament Strategies.
(d) Institute in Advanced Studies.

2. Besides mathematics, von Neumann, according to details in Chapter 2, was also very knowledgeable in what area?
(a) Religion.
(b) Biology.
(c) English Literature.
(d) History.

3. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?
(a) Koevesi.
(b) Clarke.
(c) Alois.
(d) Morgenstern.

4. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .
(a) A stark cellar.
(b) Interrogation rooms.
(c) Prison cells.
(d) Transfer rooms.

5. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) Japan.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Germany.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a game does not have a saddle point, what strategy must be used?

2. John von Neumann was from a family of ___ Jews.

3. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?

4. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"

5. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.

(see the answer key)

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