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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. In Chapter 1 if the person in one of the rooms pushes the button before their loved one in another room their loved one will be ____.
(a) Saved.
(b) Starved.
(c) Fed.
(d) Killed.

2. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) WWI.
(b) The Great War.
(c) WWII.
(d) The Vietnam War.

3. What could SAGE detect?
(a) Radiation leaks.
(b) Radioactive elements.
(c) Nuclear detonation.
(d) Nuclear devices.

4. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1955.

5. In the face of major criticism game theory research shifted from a pure math focus to what?
(a) Actual human behavior.
(b) Evolutionary possibilities.
(c) Human psychological factors.
(d) Animal behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shortly after earning his PhD in mathematics, von Neumann moved to what country for a teaching position?

2. By the end of the book we find von Neumann had become pessimistic about technology in modern society, and many agreed with him that the logic of ____ in conflict is inescapable.

3. Who came up with the game model centered around two hunters deciding what to hunt for the day?

4. Who became pessimistic about military technology and modern society as they aged?

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

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