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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Prisoners Dilemma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Martha.
(c) Mariana.
(d) Madeline.

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

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

4. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?
(a) President Truman.
(b) I.A.S.
(c) Douglas Aircraft.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

5. In Chapter 1 the author gives examples of hypothetical situations that deal with some kind of ___ problem, such as the two people in different rooms who have to decide whether to push a button.
(a) Ethical.
(b) Legal.
(c) Mathematical.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1950s and 1960s many viewed international conflict, and specifically ____ as a kind of prisoner's dilemma.

2. What does IAS stand for?

3. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.

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

5. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?

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