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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. Confessing before one's partner in prisoner's dilemma seems what?
(a) Simple.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Rational.

2. What was the bomb called that von Neumann developed which became the basis for later nuclear device development?
(a) The ICBMs.
(b) The "bully" bomb.
(c) The "trapdoor."
(d) The "fat man" bomb.

3. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?
(a) Both die.
(b) One dies.
(c) Both are beaten.
(d) Both are set free.

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

5. John von Neumann was from a family of ___ Jews.
(a) Hungarian.
(b) Polish.
(c) Czech.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Nash, a brilliant unbalanced mathematician, was von Neumann's old colleague who reconnected with him where?

2. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?

3. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?

4. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?

5. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?

(see the answer key)

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