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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. If neither person swerves in a game of chicken what happens?

2. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?

3. What posed a problem for the prisoner's dilemma in Chapter 12?

4. Due to his deteriorating health von Neumann was confined to a wheelchair in ___.

5. After WWI what did the U.S. push to develop in the hopes of gaining an edge over the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did von Neumann become the Atomic Energy Commissioner?

2. What is backwards induction?

3. In relation to Russian nuclear capability who was Klaus Fuchs?

4. What is Bully?

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

6. What is SAGE and why was it developed?

7. What game did people think nuclear warfare modeled and why did this change?

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

9. What were the Ohio State studies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Kriegspiel and where does it fit in the game theory arena in connection with how and when it was developed? How it was used and by whom? What were some of the social, political and military implications of this game?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In the 1980s game theory took an unexpected turn and evolutionary game theory was born. How did this happen? What was the logic behind the development of this theory? Aspects of what disciplines were used to create this evolutionary model? How did Robert Axelrod introduce a strategy based in human psychology to the traditional problem found in game theory?

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