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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. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Infantry.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Pilots.
(d) Officers.

2. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?
(a) Nash.
(b) Godel.
(c) Flood.
(d) Morgenstern.

3. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?
(a) Give both prisoners a lighter sentence.
(b) Set that prisoner free.
(c) Drop all charges against that prisoner.
(d) Give that prisoner a lighter sentence.

4. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?
(a) A government conspiracy operation.
(b) A funding black hole.
(c) A think tank.
(d) The best brains in the world.

5. In the prisoner's dilemmas experiments, how many times was the equilibrium solution played, according to Chapter 6?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 26.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. After WWI what did the U.S. push to develop in the hopes of gaining an edge over the Soviet Union?

2. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

3. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?

4. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.

5. Who developed a mathematical way to extend von Neumann's game theory beyond the original game theory insights?

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