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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. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.

2. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?

3. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?

4. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?

5. What was the last name of von Neumann's second wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a minimax solution and saddle points?

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

3. Who is John Nash?

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

5. What is Kriegspiel?

6. What was the Manhattan Project?

7. Why did Russell and von Neumann advocate preventative war during the Cold War?

8. Who is Merrill Flood?

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

10. How does von Neumann's game theory relate to economics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the strategic thinking of the Cold War become the logic of mathematical game theory as developed by von Neumann and his partner? Who was involved in the Cold War? Who were key players on either side of the conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 11 details more social dilemmas and outlines differences in two classes of games - symmetric and asymmetric. What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric games? What are examples of both? How do you play a game of Bully and how is this game a model for human conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Why did interest in game theory wane in the mid-1950s? With whom or with what did the public associate game theory by this time? How did this discontent affect the focus of game theory research? How did the Ohio Studies come out of this shift? What did the Ohio State studies examine and what did they reveal, including in later variations in the studies?

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