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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. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the black button correspond?
(a) Minimax.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Defection.
(d) Tit-for-tat.

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

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

4. Many believed that game theory games modeled seemingly perfect but inhuman and ____ players.
(a) Amoral.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Callous.
(d) Too perfect.

5. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the red button correspond?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Defection.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Minimax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?

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

3. Several famous RAND studies looked at how the public would respond to contact with aliens and life after what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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