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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. Which game has a madman strategy?
(a) Bully.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Deadlock.

2. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?
(a) Military volunteers.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Students.
(d) Professors.

3. In what month did von Neumann die?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) May.

4. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Bully.
(c) Divide the cake.
(d) Kriegspiel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?

2. After his fall von Neumann was examined by a doctor who diagnosed him with what disease?

3. In Stag Hunt how many people are needed to hunt stag?

4. Later in variations of the Ohio State study, what strategy dominated play?

5. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the nuclear war debate how did Francis Matthews figure?

2. How did von Neumann become the Atomic Energy Commissioner?

3. What were the variables of later versions of the Ohio State studies?

4. In relation to Russian nuclear capability who was Klaus Fuchs?

5. In relation to U.S. bomb development who was Harold Urey?

6. What did a study reveal about the available bombs in the U.S. in 1947 and 1950?

7. What is Bully?

8. What is the tit-for-tat strategy?

9. What were the Ohio State studies?

10. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after publicly advocating for so long?

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