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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. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1960s.

2. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) WWII.
(c) WWI.
(d) The Great War.

3. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) Bela Kun.
(c) David Hilbert.
(d) Kurt Godel.

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

5. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the black button correspond?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Defection.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Minimax.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?

2. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?

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

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

5. What game is similar to volunteer's dilemma but is played by only two people?

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