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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to details in Chapter 7 Harold Urey was a key developer of what?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) ICBMs.
(c) The hydrogen bomb.
(d) The atom bomb.

3. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?
(a) Nash.
(b) Godel.
(c) Russell.
(d) Hilbert.

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

5. 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) Bully.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Deadlock.

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

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

8. Who was President of the United States when the nuclear debate came to a head and a study resulted to determine how many bombs the U.S. actually had?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Truman.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Roosevelt.

9. Later in variations of the Ohio State study, what strategy dominated play?
(a) Minimax.
(b) Defection.
(c) Tit-for-tat.
(d) Cooperation.

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

11. In which game is defection the best strategy for either player?
(a) Divide the Cake.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Chicken.

12. Who first suggested nuclear warfare as a game of chicken?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Russell.
(c) Flood.
(d) Nash.

13. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) United States.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Organisms and genes can be thought of to have a kind of what in relation to game theory?

2. What strategy was the most successful during Axelrod's tournaments?

3. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.

4. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?

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

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