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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. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?
(a) Doing.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Saying.
(d) Recommending.

2. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) WWII.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Great War.
(d) WWI.

3. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) Hungary.
(d) The Middle East.

4. Besides Bertrand Russell, what mathematician thought a new war between the U.S. and Soviet Union was inevitable once the conflict ended between the Allied and Axis powers?
(a) Merrrill Flood.
(b) John Nash.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) Kurt Godel.

5. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.
(a) Benefits.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Defection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.

2. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.

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?

4. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?

5. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?

(see the answer key)

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