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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As his health worsened von Neumann's ___ was one of the first things to go.
(a) Hearing.
(b) Coordination.
(c) Mind.
(d) Speech.

2. In what year did the U.S. get good evidence of Soviet nuclear capability?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1949.

3. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) Bela Kun.
(c) Kurt Godel.
(d) David Hilbert.

4. In Axelrod's tournaments, how many rounds would each computer program play?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

5. What game is a cross between Deadlock and Chicken?
(a) Stag Hunt.
(b) Volunteer's Dilemma.
(c) Crossroads.
(d) Bully.

6. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

7. As Ohio State subjects were allowed to meet and discuss strategy in the original studies, what strategy dominated play?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Minimax.
(d) Defection.

8. Who became pessimistic about military technology and modern society as they aged?
(a) Russell.
(b) Shubik.
(c) von Neumann.
(d) Truman.

9. In what year was von Neumann appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1953.

10. Who came up with the game model centered around two hunters deciding what to hunt for the day?
(a) Nash.
(b) Russell.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Rousseau.

11. Which two person game is similar to Prisoner's Dilemma except that in this game there is no reason to cooperate?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Bully.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Stagh Hunt.

12. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1955.

13. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.
(a) Eye color.
(b) Car ownership.
(c) Books read.
(d) Education.

14. If neither person swerves in a game of chicken what happens?
(a) Neither wins.
(b) They both die.
(c) They both lose.
(d) They start again.

15. What game is similar to volunteer's dilemma but is played by only two people?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Bully.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Robert Axelrod hold his game tournaments?

2. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the black button correspond?

3. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?

4. Who was viewed as the "aggressors of peace?"

5. In which symmetric social dilemma game do parties just not cooperate because they do not want to cooperate?

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