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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?
(a) Set that prisoner free.
(b) Give both prisoners a lighter sentence.
(c) Drop all charges against that prisoner.
(d) Give that prisoner a lighter sentence.

2. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?
(a) Push the button.
(b) Wait it out.
(c) Quit.
(d) Beg for more time.

3. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?
(a) China.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Japan.
(d) North Korea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?

2. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?

3. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?

4. Who was in charge of the Air Force when it provided funding to RAND?

5. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are zero-sum games?

2. What was the doctrine of deterrence during the Cold War and what did it mean?

3. What were the results of Flood's experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

4. How is Kriegspiel different from Chess or Tic-tac-toe?

5. What did Merrill Flood observe and conclude about his RAND colleagues as they left California at the end of summer?

6. Where is von Neumann from and why was he considered a child prodigy?

7. Why did Bertrand Russell suggest and believe in the merits of preemptive nuclear war?

8. Who is John Nash?

9. Besides all his work on the Manhattan Project, von Neumann also found time to help IBM. How did he help this company?

10. How did von Neumann end up working on the Manhattan Project and what did he produce while there?

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