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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 John Von Neumann.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.
(a) Destruction.
(b) Peace.
(c) Success.
(d) Development.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?

3. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?

4. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.

5. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?

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