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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. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Great War.
(d) WWI.

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

3. 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.
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Ethical.
(c) Legal.
(d) Scientific.

4. In the game model prisoner's dilemma who developed the equilibrium solution that undermined rationality in general?
(a) Godel.
(b) Nash.
(c) von Neumann.
(d) Flood.

5. How long do the people, each in separate rooms have to decide about pushing the button before the choice is taken away from them?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 15 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6 one of von Neumann's RAND colleagues in the 1950s was mentioned as whom?

3. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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