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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. Who first suggested nuclear warfare as a game of chicken?
(a) Flood.
(b) Russell.
(c) von Neumann.
(d) Nash.

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

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

4. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?
(a) Tell lies about each other.
(b) Confess.
(c) Wait for their lawyers then confess.
(d) Keep quiet.

5. At the end of summer at RAND one of the employees would watch what people would ____ when they left.
(a) Toss out.
(b) Take.
(c) Sell.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Nash, a brilliant unbalanced mathematician, was von Neumann's old colleague who reconnected with him where?

2. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

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

4. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?

5. What General believed it was justified to use nuclear weapons in Korea to prevent a North Korean and Chinese victory?

(see the answer key)

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