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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. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?
(a) Merrill Flood.
(b) John von Neumann.
(c) John Nash.
(d) Robert Axelrod.

2. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?
(a) Greek.
(b) Tagalog.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Arabic.

3. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?
(a) Late thirties.
(b) Pre teens.
(c) Young adult.
(d) Teens.

4. In Chapter 1 the author gives examples of hypothetical situations that deal with some kind of ___ problem, such as the two people in different rooms who have to decide whether to push a button.
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Legal.
(d) Ethical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prisoner's dilemmas were played in the game's experiment, according to details in Chapter 6?

2. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

3. Where were the Manhattan Project operations located?

4. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .

5. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bertrand Russell?

2. Why did Russell and von Neumann advocate preventative war during the Cold War?

3. Why was von Neumann considered the "best brain in the world?"

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

5. What is game theory according to Chapter 1 of "Prisoner's Dilemma?"

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

7. What are zero-sum games?

8. What is prisoner's dilemma?

9. Who originally suggested the RAND corporation and for what purpose?

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

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