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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Von Neumann's Last years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later in variations of the Ohio State study, what strategy dominated play?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Defection.
(c) Minimax.
(d) Cooperation.

2. What was the first name of von Neumann's first wife?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Marilyn.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Mariette.

3. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) Nixdorf Computer Corp.
(b) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(c) Rand.
(d) International Business Machines.

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

5. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .
(a) Interrogation rooms.
(b) Prison cells.
(c) Transfer rooms.
(d) A stark cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?

2. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?

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

4. In what century was Kriegspiel developed?

5. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"

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