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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. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?
2. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
3. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.
4. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?
5. In Chapter 1, as time runs out for the loved ones, each in a separate room what will each be tempted to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Besides all his work on the Manhattan Project, von Neumann also found time to help IBM. How did he help this company?
2. What are the details of one of the ethical dilemmas described in Chapter 1 of "Prisoner's Dilemma"?
3. Who is Merrill Flood?
4. How did von Neumann end up working on the Manhattan Project and what did he produce while there?
5. When was the Cold War and who was involved?
6. What was the Manhattan Project?
7. Who is John Nash?
8. Why was von Neumann considered the "best brain in the world?"
9. Who are Mariette, Marianna, and Klara?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
Prisoner's Dilemma and Chicken are two social dilemmas of fundamental importance in human affairs. Why? Explain the parameters of each dilemma in relation to real life and then discuss what makes each dilemma so important to human affairs. Also, conclude with which dilemma you feel is the most important of the two in regards to human affairs, and why.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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