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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. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?
(a) Godel.
(b) Flood.
(c) Shubik.
(d) Axelrod.

2. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Infantry.
(b) Officers.
(c) Pilots.
(d) Snipers.

3. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?
(a) Nash.
(b) Alchian.
(c) Russell.
(d) Flood.

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

5. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Human behavior.
(c) Economics.
(d) Probability.

Short Answer Questions

1. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.

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

3. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?

4. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?

5. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

(see the answer key)

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