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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1960s.

2. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?
(a) Beg for more time.
(b) Push the button.
(c) Quit.
(d) Wait it out.

3. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.
(a) Rational.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Equal.
(d) Matched.

4. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .
(a) Prison cells.
(b) Transfer rooms.
(c) Interrogation rooms.
(d) A stark cellar.

5. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?
(a) John Nash.
(b) Merrill Flood.
(c) Robert Axelrod.
(d) John von Neumann.

6. What was the first name of von Neumann's first wife?
(a) Mariette.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Marilyn.

7. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?
(a) The mixed strategy.
(b) The Nash equilibrium.
(c) The minimax theorem.
(d) The saddle point.

8. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) Godel.
(b) Oppenheimer.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Flood.

9. Shortly after earning his PhD in mathematics, von Neumann moved to what country for a teaching position?
(a) Israel.
(b) Germany.
(c) Brazil.
(d) The United States.

10. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?
(a) Pre teens.
(b) Young adult.
(c) Teens.
(d) Late thirties.

11. How long do the people, each in separate rooms have to decide about pushing the button before the choice is taken away from them?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 15 minutes.

12. Who developed a mathematical way to extend von Neumann's game theory beyond the original game theory insights?
(a) John Nash.
(b) David Hilbert.
(c) Merrill Flood.
(d) Kurt Godel.

13. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?
(a) Germany.
(b) Hungary.
(c) The Middle East.
(d) The United States.

14. John von Neumann helped a company move its _____ computers to digital, stored binary computers.
(a) Relay-based.
(b) Analog.
(c) Transistor.
(d) Graphics systems.

15. David Hilbert was a great ____.
(a) Economist.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Philosophy thinker.
(d) Physicist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a game does not have a saddle point, what strategy must be used?

2. What does IAS stand for?

3. Prussians issued Kriegspiel to every ____.

4. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.

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

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