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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. In what year did the U.S. get good evidence of Soviet nuclear capability?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1943.

2. Who was Secretary of the Navy in 1950?
(a) Francis Matthews.
(b) Curtis LeMay.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Douglas MacArthur.

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

4. Who did the public see as Machiavellian advocates of nuclear war in connection with the wane in game theory interest?
(a) RAND and von Neumann.
(b) Russell and von Neumann.
(c) Oppenheimer and Hilbert.
(d) Matthews and von Neumann.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who developed SAGE?

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

4. In what year did von Neumann slip and fall after being appointed commissioner?

5. As his health worsened von Neumann's ___ was one of the first things to go.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was an example of a public nuclear game of chicken and who was involved?

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

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

4. How did the tournaments operate?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

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