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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. Tic-tac-toe, like the game of ____ , has a finite number of ways it can be played, which can be calculated by a computer.
(a) Poker.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Chess.
(d) Baseball.

2. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?
(a) Russell.
(b) Nash.
(c) Alchian.
(d) Flood.

3. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Pilots.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Officers.
(d) Infantry.

4. John von Neumann helped a company move its _____ computers to digital, stored binary computers.
(a) Relay-based.
(b) Analog.
(c) Graphics systems.
(d) Transistor.

5. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.
(a) Maximum.
(b) Minimum.
(c) Size.
(d) Amount.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?

2. John Nash, a brilliant unbalanced mathematician, was von Neumann's old colleague who reconnected with him where?

3. John von Neumann's original game theory was extended to find an equilibrium solution to what kind of games?

4. In Chapter 1 if the person in one of the rooms pushes the button before their loved one in another room their loved one will be ____.

5. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the Cold War and who was involved?

2. What is the IAS?

3. Who are Mariette, Marianna, and Klara?

4. What was the RAND Corporation?

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

6. What kind of studies did RAND conduct?

7. What was the Manhattan Project?

8. Who is John Nash?

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

10. What are zero-sum games?

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