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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.
(a) Success.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Peace.
(d) Development.

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

3. Besides Bertrand Russell, what mathematician thought a new war between the U.S. and Soviet Union was inevitable once the conflict ended between the Allied and Axis powers?
(a) Kurt Godel.
(b) Merrrill Flood.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) John Nash.

4. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Wine.

5. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?
(a) Kurt Godel.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Bertrand Russell.
(d) Merrill Flood.

6. 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.

7. In what century was Kriegspiel developed?
(a) 20th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 17th.

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

9. In the game model prisoner's dilemma who developed the equilibrium solution that undermined rationality in general?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Godel.
(c) Nash.
(d) Flood.

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

11. What course topic was von Neumann invited to teach at Princeton?
(a) Quantum theory.
(b) Probability and Statistics.
(c) Topology.
(d) Physics.

12. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.
(a) Calculated.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Finite.
(d) Imperfect.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?

2. How long do the people, each in separate rooms have to decide about pushing the button before the choice is taken away from them?

3. In the 1950s and 1960s many viewed international conflict, and specifically ____ as a kind of prisoner's dilemma.

4. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?

5. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

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