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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. 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.

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

3. 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 Great War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) WWI.

4. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.
(a) Minimum.
(b) Equal.
(c) Maximum.
(d) Pure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in charge of the Air Force when it provided funding to RAND?

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

3. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

4. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?

5. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.

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