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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. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military hospitals.
(b) Military academies.
(c) Military prisons.
(d) Military torture.

2. In the 1950s and 1960s many viewed international conflict, and specifically ____ as a kind of prisoner's dilemma.
(a) Political conflicts.
(b) Militia led conflicts.
(c) Nuclear conflict.
(d) Human rights conflicts.

3. Despite escalating armaments the Cold War ended without _____.
(a) A nuclear exchange.
(b) U.N. mediation.
(c) A bio-weapon exchange.
(d) Human rights violations.

4. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Nash.
(d) Morgenstern.

5. John von Neumann's original game theory was extended to find an equilibrium solution to what kind of games?
(a) Zero-sum, two-person games.
(b) Two-person, zero-sum, and non-zero sum games.
(c) N-person, zero-sum, and non-zero sum games.
(d) Non-zero sum, two person games.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

2. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .

3. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

4. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?

5. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?

(see the answer key)

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