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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 appointed von Neumann Atomic Energy Commissioner?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Truman.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. Which game is also known as an "assurance game?"
(a) Chicken.
(b) Deadlock.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Stag Hunt.

3. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?
(a) Repeated play.
(b) Minimax.
(c) Tit-for-tat.
(d) Equilibrium.

4. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?
(a) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(b) Bully.
(c) Deadlock.
(d) Divide the Cake.

5. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?
(a) Bela Kun.
(b) Klaus Fuchs.
(c) David Hilbert.
(d) Kurt Godel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?

2. A study commissioned to find out how many bombs the U.S. had available reported that a total of 300 to 600 bombs were available in what year?

3. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?

4. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?

5. Besides Chicken what other two-person, non-cooperative game gets a lot of attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did von Neumann's views about military technology in modern society change?

2. What happened after von Neumann fell in 1955?

3. What is the madman strategy and how does it affect the game of chicken?

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

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

6. What strategy dominated the original Ohio State studies and the later variations?

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

8. What is SAGE and why was it developed?

9. What game did people think nuclear warfare modeled and why did this change?

10. What were the Ohio State studies?

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