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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. Which game is like a military confrontation where one party "beats up" on the opposing party, but runs the risk of having that opposing party decide it is better to retaliate?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Bully.

2. In the prisoner's dilemmas experiments, how many times was the equilibrium solution played, according to Chapter 6?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 26.
(d) 14.

3. As shown in the Ohio State studies, incentives, or rewards, as in the dollar auction in Chapter 13 can lead to ___ behavior.
(a) Bullying.
(b) Escalating.
(c) Confrontational.
(d) Irrational.

4. Who was President of the United States when the nuclear debate came to a head and a study resulted to determine how many bombs the U.S. actually had?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Truman.

5. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Students.
(c) Military volunteers.
(d) Professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Organisms and genes can be thought of to have a kind of what in relation to game theory?

2. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?

3. Who popularized the dollar auction at MIT?

4. Who was Secretary of the Navy in 1950?

5. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

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