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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. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Bully.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Divide the cake.

2. What game is a cross between Deadlock and Chicken?
(a) Crossroads.
(b) Volunteer's Dilemma.
(c) Stag Hunt.
(d) Bully.

3. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.
(a) Topology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Probability.
(d) Physics.

4. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?
(a) They have to start over.
(b) Neither is the chicken.
(c) They both win.
(d) A vote determines the winner.

5. Despite escalating armaments the Cold War ended without _____.
(a) U.N. mediation.
(b) A nuclear exchange.
(c) A bio-weapon exchange.
(d) Human rights violations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?

2. Who conducted an experiment to see how real people would respond in the prisoner's dilemma game model?

3. In ____, two-person games neither player has an advantage.

4. What were the subjects in the original Ohio State studies awarded in the pay off situations?

5. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?

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