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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 what year did Shubik publish the dollar auction game?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1985.

2. Shubik enjoyed game theory and wanted to design games with interesting mathematical properties that people could actually ____.
(a) Win.
(b) Understand.
(c) Solve.
(d) Play.

3. A problem with the dollar auction was that the ____ bidder had to pay out what they bid.
(a) Second highest.
(b) Highest.
(c) Last.
(d) First.

4. Who had John Stuart Mill briefly as a tutor?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Hilbert.
(c) Nash.
(d) Russell.

5. Who became pessimistic about military technology and modern society as they aged?
(a) Truman.
(b) Shubik.
(c) Russell.
(d) von Neumann.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prisoner's dilemmas were played in the game's experiment, according to details in Chapter 6?

2. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.

3. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.

4. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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