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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. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?

2. Who appointed von Neumann Atomic Energy Commissioner?

3. Many believed that game theory games modeled seemingly perfect but inhuman and ____ players.

4. Who did the public see as Machiavellian advocates of nuclear war in connection with the wane in game theory interest?

5. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

2. How did evolutionary game theory come about?

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

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

5. In relation to U.S. bomb development who was Harold Urey?

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

7. What were the Ohio State studies?

8. What is SAGE and why was it developed?

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

10. How did the tournaments operate?

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

In real life dollar auctions the author writes about how many a justifiable action, in looking back, becomes the first "defection" in an escalating dilemma. How can you penalize the first bidder for not wanting to waste the "ninety-nine cent profit?" In relation to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union what was the defection? Why was there a defection and how did this dilemma escalate as both sides designed more and more nuclear weapons?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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