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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. In prisoner's dilemma a ____ action will be bad for both parties,which is a problem game theory seeks to understand.
(a) Simple.
(b) Rational.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Irrational.

2. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?
(a) The mixed strategy.
(b) The minimax theorem.
(c) The saddle point.
(d) The Nash equilibrium.

3. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) "Fat Bombs."
(b) EMPs.
(c) MIRVs.
(d) ICBMs.

4. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) China.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Germany.
(d) Japan.

5. Where were the Manhattan Project operations located?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Arizona.
(c) D.C.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?

2. 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.

3. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

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

5. 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?

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