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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. Besides Chicken what other two-person, non-cooperative game gets a lot of attention?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Bully.

2. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) China.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) North Korea.

3. In Chapter 1 the author gives examples of hypothetical situations that deal with some kind of ___ problem, such as the two people in different rooms who have to decide whether to push a button.
(a) Scientific.
(b) Legal.
(c) Ethical.
(d) Mathematical.

4. In what century did Kriegspiel become popular among the Prussians?
(a) 20th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 17th.

5. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) EMPs.
(b) "Fat Bombs."
(c) MIRVs.
(d) ICBMs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

2. Who had John Stuart Mill briefly as a tutor?

3. Who played an unintentional role in resolution of the public nuclear game of chicken?

4. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?

5. Who developed SAGE?

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