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

2. David Hilbert was a great ____.
(a) Physicist.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Philosophy thinker.
(d) Economist.

3. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?
(a) Einstein.
(b) von Neumann.
(c) Nash.
(d) Morgenstern.

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

5. Despite escalating armaments the Cold War ended without _____.
(a) A bio-weapon exchange.
(b) Human rights violations.
(c) U.N. mediation.
(d) A nuclear exchange.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

3. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

4. Confessing before one's partner in prisoner's dilemma seems what?

5. In Chapter 1 if the person in one of the rooms pushes the button before their loved one in another room their loved one will be ____.

(see the answer key)

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