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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 3, von Neumann concerned himself with what type of games, where in order for one person to gain, another person must lose?
(a) N-person games.
(b) Non-cooperative games.
(c) Zero-sum games.
(d) Non-zero sum games.

2. 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 ____.
(a) Fed.
(b) Saved.
(c) Killed.
(d) Starved.

3. How old was von Neumann when he was invited to teach a course at Princeton?
(a) 25.
(b) 26.
(c) 20.
(d) 32.

4. 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) "Fat Bombs."
(c) ICBMs.
(d) EMPs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the bomb called that von Neumann developed which became the basis for later nuclear device development?

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

3. What was the first name of von Neumann's second wife?

4. In prisoner's dilemma a ____ action will be bad for both parties,which is a problem game theory seeks to understand.

5. David Hilbert was a great ____.

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