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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. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?
(a) Bully.
(b) Deadlock.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Divide the Cake.

2. In Axelrod's tournaments, how many rounds would each computer program play?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

3. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?
(a) Cun and Williams.
(b) Williams and Alchian.
(c) Alchian and Shubik.
(d) Godel and Cun.

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

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 General believed it was justified to use nuclear weapons in Korea to prevent a North Korean and Chinese victory?

2. Later in variations of the Ohio State study, what strategy dominated play?

3. Which game was popular in the IAS lunch rooms?

4. When did Robert Axelrod hold his game tournaments?

5. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

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