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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 the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

2. In what year was von Neumann appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner?

3. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the red button correspond?

4. What General believed it was justified to use nuclear weapons in Korea to prevent a North Korean and Chinese victory?

5. In Axelrod's tournaments, how many rounds would each computer program play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did von Neumann's views about military technology in modern society change?

2. How did the tournaments operate?

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

4. What is backwards induction?

5. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

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

7. What is SAGE and why was it developed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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