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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was von Neumann when he was invited to teach a course at Princeton?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 20.

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

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

4. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Probability.
(c) Physics.
(d) Topology.

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

6. 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.

7. Tic-tac-toe, like the game of ____ , has a finite number of ways it can be played, which can be calculated by a computer.
(a) Baseball.
(b) Poker.
(c) Chess.
(d) Kriegspiel.

8. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Morgenstern.
(d) Nash.

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

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

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

12. 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) John von Neumann.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Kurt Godel.
(d) Merrrill Flood.

13. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) International Business Machines.
(b) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(c) Rand.
(d) Nixdorf Computer Corp.

14. How many prisoner's dilemmas were played in the game's experiment, according to details in Chapter 6?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 14.
(d) 200.

15. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Martha.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Mariana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before ever making his memorable contribution for the development of game theory von Neumann was already known as the "best ______ in the world."

2. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.

3. 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?

4. Bertrand Russell is a ___.

5. 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 ____.

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