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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the people, each in separate rooms have to decide about pushing the button before the choice is taken away from them?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 1 day.

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

3. 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) Zero-sum games.
(c) Non-cooperative games.
(d) Non-zero sum games.

4. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?
(a) John Nash.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) Merrill Flood.
(d) Bertrand Russell.

5. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?
(a) One dies.
(b) Both are set free.
(c) Both die.
(d) Both are beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?

2. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?

3. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?

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

5. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

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