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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Game Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.
(a) Finite.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Imperfect.
(d) Calculated.

3. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?
(a) Give both prisoners a lighter sentence.
(b) Give that prisoner a lighter sentence.
(c) Set that prisoner free.
(d) Drop all charges against that prisoner.

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

5. In Chapter 3 we are presented with examples of games that use mixed strategies, but this does not include which game below?
(a) Divide the Cake.
(b) Poker.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Kriegspiel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

4. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?

5. When a game does not have a saddle point, what strategy must be used?

(see the answer key)

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