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

2. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?
(a) They have to start over.
(b) A vote determines the winner.
(c) Neither is the chicken.
(d) They both win.

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

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

5. In what year did von Neumann slip and fall after being appointed commissioner?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 11 how many separate pay off situations are there for the two person games like Chicken where no player has an advantage?

2. In what field was game theory used to model evolutionary game theory?

3. Axelrod's tournaments solicited programs from scientists all around ___.

4. When did Robert Axelrod hold his game tournaments?

5. In the 1980s who took game theory into unexpected territory according to details in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bully?

2. Who is Robert Axelrod and why did he hold tournaments?

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

4. What happened to the initial game theory interest by the mid-1950s?

5. What were the Ohio State studies?

6. What happened after von Neumann fell in 1955?

7. How did evolutionary game theory come about?

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

9. What four games are two-person symmetric as detailed in Chapter 11?

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

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