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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What course topic was von Neumann invited to teach at Princeton?
(a) Topology.
(b) Physics.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Probability and Statistics.

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

3. Who was in charge of the Air Force when it provided funding to RAND?
(a) Truman.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) LeMay.
(d) MacArthur.

4. Which game was popular in the IAS lunch rooms?
(a) Chess.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Tic-tac-toe.
(d) Poker.

5. Shortly after earning his PhD in mathematics, von Neumann moved to what country for a teaching position?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Israel.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.

2. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?

3. John von Neumann's original game theory was extended to find an equilibrium solution to what kind of games?

4. What does IAS stand for?

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

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