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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. In the 1980s who took game theory into unexpected territory according to details in Chapter 12?

2. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?

3. Who was viewed as the "aggressors of peace?"

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

5. A study commissioned to find out how many bombs the U.S. had available reported that a total of 300 to 600 bombs were available in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the variables of later versions of the Ohio State studies?

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

3. What is Bully?

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

5. What four games are two-person symmetric as detailed in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

9. What happened to the initial game theory interest by the mid-1950s?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was John von Neumann considered a child prodigy? How did his genius affect his academic, professional and personal life? Beginning with von Neumann's childhood, chronicle his milestones in connection with his great intellect.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 4, the place of game theory in wartime is detailed by the author. What role did game theory play in wartime in the United States? In Europe? In Japan? In Cuba?

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