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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?
(a) Williams and Alchian.
(b) Cun and Williams.
(c) Godel and Cun.
(d) Alchian and Shubik.

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

3. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Tagalog.
(c) Greek.
(d) Arabic.

4. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?
(a) Saying.
(b) Doing.
(c) Recommending.
(d) Thinking.

5. 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) Mixed.
(c) Pure.
(d) Equal.

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

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

8. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?
(a) Alois.
(b) Koevesi.
(c) Morgenstern.
(d) Clarke.

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

10. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.
(a) Model.
(b) Escalation.
(c) Solution.
(d) Trapdoor.

11. Prussians issued Kriegspiel to every ____.
(a) Platoon.
(b) Patrol.
(c) Regiment.
(d) Squad.

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

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

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

15. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Infantry.
(b) Pilots.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bertrand Russell is a ___.

2. What course topic was von Neumann invited to teach at Princeton?

3. 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 ____.

4. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

5. David Hilbert was a great ____.

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