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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military prisons.
(b) Military hospitals.
(c) Military academies.
(d) Military torture.

2. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.
(a) Minimum.
(b) Maximum.
(c) Pure.
(d) Equal.

3. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?
(a) Godel.
(b) Axelrod.
(c) Flood.
(d) Shubik.

4. John von Neumann was from a family of ___ Jews.
(a) German.
(b) Hungarian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Czech.

5. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"
(a) Cuba.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Korea.
(d) Germany.

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

7. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.
(a) Minimum.
(b) Pure.
(c) Equal.
(d) Mixed.

8. RAND operations were located where?
(a) D.C.
(b) California.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Illinois.

9. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1954.

10. In what century did Kriegspiel become popular among the Prussians?
(a) 19th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 20th.
(d) 17th.

11. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?
(a) Merrill Flood.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Robert Axelrod.
(d) John von Neumann.

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

13. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Probability.
(d) Human behavior.

14. 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.
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Ethical.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Legal.

15. Several famous RAND studies looked at how the public would respond to contact with aliens and life after what?
(a) Chemical warfare.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) An alien abduction.
(d) A nuclear war.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.

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

4. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

5. What does IAS stand for?

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