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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.
(a) Probability.
(b) Physics.
(c) Topology.
(d) Philosophy.

2. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military academies.
(b) Military prisons.
(c) Military hospitals.
(d) Military torture.

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

4. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?
(a) Push the button.
(b) Beg for more time.
(c) Quit.
(d) Wait it out.

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?
(a) Nash.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3 we are presented with examples of games that use mixed strategies, but this does not include which game below?

2. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

3. Bertrand Russell is a ___.

4. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?

5. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.

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