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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. What could SAGE detect?
(a) Nuclear detonation.
(b) Nuclear devices.
(c) Radioactive elements.
(d) Radiation leaks.

2. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?
(a) Alchian.
(b) Russell.
(c) Cun.
(d) Hilbert.

3. David Hilbert was a great ____.
(a) Philosophy thinker.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Economist.

4. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.
(a) Probability.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Physics.
(d) Topology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was viewed as the "aggressors of peace?"

2. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?

3. How old was von Neumann when he was invited to teach a course at Princeton?

4. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.

5. Which game was popular in the IAS lunch rooms?

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