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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. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.
(a) Destruction.
(b) Peace.
(c) Development.
(d) Success.

2. In what year did the U.S. get good evidence of Soviet nuclear capability?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1943.

3. 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.
(a) Minimum.
(b) Maximum.
(c) Pure.
(d) Equal.

4. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.
(a) Mixed.
(b) Equal.
(c) Minimum.
(d) Pure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the red button correspond?

2. Many began to see the presumptions of game theory as callous and ___.

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

4. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.

5. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?

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