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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 institute at one time had every great U.S. and free world mathematician, physicist and ____ working there.
(a) Topologist.
(b) Economist.
(c) Geologist.
(d) Philosopher.

2. At the end of summer at RAND one of the employees would watch what people would ____ when they left.
(a) Take.
(b) Leave.
(c) Sell.
(d) Toss out.

3. What does IAS stand for?
(a) Institute for Armament Strategies.
(b) Institute in Advanced Studies.
(c) Institute of Armament Strategies.
(d) Institute for Advanced Studies.

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

5. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?
(a) An atomic bomb.
(b) A bio-weapon.
(c) A hydrogen bomb.
(d) A computer guided missile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?

2. What course topic was von Neumann invited to teach at Princeton?

3. Who developed a mathematical way to extend von Neumann's game theory beyond the original game theory insights?

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

5. After what war did the United States engage in a prolonged nuclear arms race with another country?

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