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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. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?
(a) Students.
(b) Professors.
(c) Military volunteers.
(d) Prisoners.

2. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.
(a) Education.
(b) Car ownership.
(c) Eye color.
(d) Books read.

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

4. In Chapter 3 we are presented with examples of games that use mixed strategies, but this does not include which game below?
(a) Poker.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Divide the Cake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century was Kriegspiel developed?

2. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?

3. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

4. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?

5. What was the bomb called that von Neumann developed which became the basis for later nuclear device development?

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