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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 More on Social Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?
(a) The atom bomb.
(b) The H-bomb.
(c) MIRVs.
(d) I.A.S. projects.

2. What were the subjects in the original Ohio State studies awarded in the pay off situations?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Medals.
(c) Food vouchers.
(d) Money.

3. Who was in charge of the Air Force when it provided funding to RAND?
(a) MacArthur.
(b) Truman.
(c) LeMay.
(d) Eisenhower.

4. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?
(a) Divide the cake.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Bully.

5. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.
(a) Benefits.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Defection.
(d) Cooperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?

2. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.

3. Several famous RAND studies looked at how the public would respond to contact with aliens and life after what?

4. If neither person swerves in a game of chicken what happens?

5. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

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