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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. Who was President of the United States when the nuclear debate came to a head and a study resulted to determine how many bombs the U.S. actually had?

2. Who first suggested nuclear warfare as a game of chicken?

3. When did Robert Axelrod hold his game tournaments?

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

5. What game did Axelrod's tournaments "play?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the nuclear war debate how did Francis Matthews figure?

4. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

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

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

7. What were the Ohio State studies?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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