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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 More on Social Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which game is defection the best strategy for either player?
(a) Stag Hunt.
(b) Divide the Cake.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Chicken.

2. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?
(a) An atomic bomb.
(b) A computer guided missile.
(c) A bio-weapon.
(d) A hydrogen bomb.

3. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1912.

4. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) "Fat Bombs."
(b) MIRVs.
(c) ICBMs.
(d) EMPs.

5. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.
(a) John Nash.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) David Hilbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?

2. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?

3. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?

4. What was the first name of von Neumann's first wife?

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

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