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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. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?
(a) I.A.S.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) President Truman.
(d) Douglas Aircraft.

2. Which game is also known as an "assurance game?"
(a) Chicken.
(b) Deadlock.
(c) Stag Hunt.
(d) Kriegspiel.

3. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?
(a) Keep quiet.
(b) Confess.
(c) Tell lies about each other.
(d) Wait for their lawyers then confess.

4. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Equilibrium.
(c) Repeated play.
(d) Minimax.

5. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(b) Nixdorf Computer Corp.
(c) Rand.
(d) International Business Machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

2. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.

3. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?

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

5. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

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