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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A nuclear war.
(d) An alien abduction.

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

4. Besides mathematics, von Neumann, according to details in Chapter 2, was also very knowledgeable in what area?
(a) Religion.
(b) English Literature.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

5. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.
(a) Selling a car.
(b) Building a world government.
(c) Nuclear war.
(d) Negotiating a peace treaty.

6. The RAND institute at one time had every great U.S. and free world mathematician, physicist and ____ working there.
(a) Geologist.
(b) Topologist.
(c) Economist.
(d) Philosopher.

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

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

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

10. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?
(a) A hydrogen bomb.
(b) A computer guided missile.
(c) A bio-weapon.
(d) An atomic bomb.

11. According to Chapter 3, von Neumann concerned himself with what type of games, where in order for one person to gain, another person must lose?
(a) Zero-sum games.
(b) Non-zero sum games.
(c) Non-cooperative games.
(d) N-person games.

12. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) ICBMs.
(c) "Fat Bombs."
(d) EMPs.

13. 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) Equal.
(b) Pure.
(c) Maximum.
(d) Minimum.

14. What was the last name of von Neumann's second wife?
(a) Paul.
(b) William.
(c) Robert.
(d) Dan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?

2. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.

3. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?

4. Bertrand Russell is a ___.

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

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