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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 first suggested nuclear warfare as a game of chicken?

2. Where did Axelrod Teach?

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

4. What is also know as a public goods game?

5. Which two person game is similar to Prisoner's Dilemma except that in this game there is no reason to cooperate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is backwards induction?

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

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

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

7. How did the tournaments operate?

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

9. Who devised the Stag Hunt game?

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

What is a pure strategy in game theory? What are mixed strategies? When are mixed strategies used as opposed to a pure strategy? What are some examples of games that use pure strategy? Games that involve mixed strategies?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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