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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 The Dollar Auction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As his health worsened von Neumann's ___ was one of the first things to go.
(a) Coordination.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Speech.
(d) Mind.

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

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

4. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?
(a) John Nash.
(b) Merrill Flood.
(c) Robert Axelrod.
(d) John von Neumann.

5. A study commissioned to find out how many bombs the U.S. had available reported that a total of 300 to 600 bombs were available in what year?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.

2. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?

3. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?

4. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.

5. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.

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