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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. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?

2. Due to his deteriorating health von Neumann was confined to a wheelchair in ___.

3. Which game is also known as an "assurance game?"

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

5. According to details in Chapter 7 Harold Urey was a key developer of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strategy dominated the original Ohio State studies and the later variations?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did the tournaments operate?

8. What is backwards induction?

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

10. What is Bully?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

John von Neumann made significant contributions to military technology in connection with nuclear war. Yet as he got older he became pessimistic about the role of technology, especially military technology in modern society. What contributions did von Neumann make in military technology? Why did von Neumann become increasingly pessimistic about such technology in the modern world? Were his concerns valid? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did the strategic thinking of the Cold War become the logic of mathematical game theory as developed by von Neumann and his partner? Who was involved in the Cold War? Who were key players on either side of the conflict?

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