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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 Chicken and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?
(a) Nash.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Russell.

2. After WWI what did the U.S. push to develop in the hopes of gaining an edge over the Soviet Union?
(a) The hydrogen bomb.
(b) The atom bomb.
(c) MIRVs.
(d) ICBMs.

3. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) WWII.

4. Which game has a madman strategy?
(a) Bully.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Deadlock.
(d) Prisoner's Dilemma.

5. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?
(a) Russia.
(b) Hungary.
(c) United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?

2. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?

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

4. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

5. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.

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