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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After his fall von Neumann was examined by a doctor who diagnosed him with what disease?
(a) Prostate Cancer.
(b) Lymphoma.
(c) Alzhemier's.
(d) Radiation poisoning.

3. In what field was game theory used to model evolutionary game theory?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Psychologyy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Anthropology.

4. Where did Axelrod Teach?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Michigan.
(c) California.
(d) Illinois.

5. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?
(a) I.A.S. projects.
(b) The atom bomb.
(c) The H-bomb.
(d) MIRVs.

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

7. Axelrod's tournaments solicited programs from scientists all around ___.
(a) His State.
(b) The United States.
(c) The world.
(d) D.C.

8. 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.

9. 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) Defection.
(d) Minimax.

10. What were the subjects in the original Ohio State studies awarded in the pay off situations?
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Food vouchers.
(d) Medals.

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

12. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?
(a) Bully.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Divide the cake.

13. In Stag Hunt how many people are needed to hunt stag?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 2 or 3.

14. Which game is like a military confrontation where one party "beats up" on the opposing party, but runs the risk of having that opposing party decide it is better to retaliate?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Bully.
(d) Chicken.

15. What strategy was the most successful during Axelrod's tournaments?
(a) Backwards induction.
(b) Minimax.
(c) Madman.
(d) Tit-for-tat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the face of major criticism game theory research shifted from a pure math focus to what?

3. When did the initial interest in game theory begin to wane?

4. Many believed that game theory games modeled seemingly perfect but inhuman and ____ players.

5. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

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