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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. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?
(a) Russell.
(b) Hilbert.
(c) Cun.
(d) Alchian.

2. David Hilbert was a great ____.
(a) Economist.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Philosophy thinker.
(d) Physicist.

3. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?
(a) Flood.
(b) Morgenstern.
(c) Godel.
(d) Nash.

4. Who conducted an experiment to see how real people would respond in the prisoner's dilemma game model?
(a) Nash.
(b) Godel.
(c) von Neumann.
(d) Flood.

5. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?
(a) Military academies.
(b) Military prisons.
(c) Military hospitals.
(d) Military torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

2. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

3. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?

4. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?

5. What was the last name of von Neumann's second wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Merrill Flood?

2. What was the Manhattan Project?

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

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

5. What was the RAND Corporation?

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

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

8. How does von Neumann's game theory relate to economics?

9. What are the details of one of the ethical dilemmas described in Chapter 1 of "Prisoner's Dilemma"?

10. How did the Nash equilibrium strategy affect the prisoner's dilemma game model?

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