1. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military academies.
(b) Military prisons.
(c) Military hospitals.
(d) Military torture.

2. Bertrand Russell is a ___.
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Economist.

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

4. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.
(a) Irrational.
(b) Equal.
(c) Rational.
(d) Matched.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 the author gives examples of hypothetical situations that deal with some kind of ___ problem, such as the two people in different rooms who have to decide whether to push a button.

2. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?

3. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?

4. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?

5. In Chapter 3 we are presented with examples of games that use mixed strategies, but this does not include which game below?

(see the answer key)

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