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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The RAND Corporation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) ICBMs.
(c) "Fat Bombs."
(d) EMPs.

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

3. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.
(a) Trapdoor.
(b) Model.
(c) Solution.
(d) Escalation.

4. In what century was Kriegspiel developed?
(a) 19th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 20th.

5. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Officers.
(b) Infantry.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite escalating armaments the Cold War ended without _____.

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

3. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?

4. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

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 ____.

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