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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. When did Robert Axelrod hold his game tournaments?

2. Where did Axelrod Teach?

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

4. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the tournaments operate?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Bully?

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

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

Douglas Hofstadter invented the largest-number game. This lottery luring game was concluded to be a hopeless situation. What did this game involve and what were some examples of this game in Chapter 13? What were some common problems and/or complaints about this game? Why was this game concluded to be a hopeless situation?

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

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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