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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.

2. 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 ____.

3. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?

4. Who had John Stuart Mill briefly as a tutor?

5. In prisoner's dilemma a ____ action will be bad for both parties,which is a problem game theory seeks to understand.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did von Neumann end up working on the Manhattan Project and what did he produce while there?

2. Why do Poker and Baseball involve mixed strategies?

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

4. What is the IAS?

5. What is prisoner's dilemma?

6. Who originally suggested the RAND corporation and for what purpose?

7. Who are Mariette, Marianna, and Klara?

8. What are zero-sum games?

9. What did Merrill Flood observe and conclude about his RAND colleagues as they left California at the end of summer?

10. What were the results of Flood's experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the key factors in the establishment of the RAND Corporation? What significant milestones from this place connect with von Neumann, as well as the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union? Why was RAND known for thinking about the unthinkable?

Essay Topic 2

John von Neumann made significant contributions to military technology in connection with nuclear war. Yet as he got older he became pessimistic about the role of technology, especially military technology in modern society. What contributions did von Neumann make in military technology? Why did von Neumann become increasingly pessimistic about such technology in the modern world? Were his concerns valid? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did each of these people figure in the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union: Harold Urey, Klaus Fuchs, Douglas MacArthur, and Francis Matthews?

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