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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. Many began to see the presumptions of game theory as callous and ___.
(a) Unthinkable.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Inhumane.

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

3. In which symmetric social dilemma game do parties just not cooperate because they do not want to cooperate?
(a) Stag Hunt.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Deadlock.
(d) Bully.

4. Besides mathematics, von Neumann, according to details in Chapter 2, was also very knowledgeable in what area?
(a) English Literature.
(b) Biology.
(c) Religion.
(d) History.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?

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

5. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?

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