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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 what year was von Neumann appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1953.

2. Besides Bertrand Russell, what mathematician thought a new war between the U.S. and Soviet Union was inevitable once the conflict ended between the Allied and Axis powers?
(a) Merrrill Flood.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) John Nash.
(d) John von Neumann.

3. In the prisoner's dilemmas experiments, how many times was the equilibrium solution played, according to Chapter 6?
(a) 13.
(b) 26.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

4. What was the first name of von Neumann's second wife?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Kasey.
(c) Klara.
(d) Katherine.

5. Shortly after earning his PhD in mathematics, von Neumann moved to what country for a teaching position?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Israel.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

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

3. What was the last name of von Neumann's second wife?

4. According to Chapter 3, von Neumann concerned himself with what type of games, where in order for one person to gain, another person must lose?

5. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.

(see the answer key)

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