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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. How long do the people, each in separate rooms have to decide about pushing the button before the choice is taken away from them?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 15 minutes.

2. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Germany.
(d) North Korea.

3. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?
(a) Japan.
(b) North Korea.
(c) China.
(d) The Soviet Union.

4. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Probability.
(d) Human behavior.

5. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military prisons.
(b) Military torture.
(c) Military hospitals.
(d) Military academies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the face of major criticism game theory research shifted from a pure math focus to what?

2. What was the last name of von Neumann's second wife?

3. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?

4. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?

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

(see the answer key)

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