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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. Who was viewed as the "aggressors of peace?"
(a) Great Britain and the U.S.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) The United States.
(d) The U.S. and France.

2. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) Japan.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Germany.
(d) China.

3. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?
(a) Merrill Flood.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Kurt Godel.
(d) Bertrand Russell.

4. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?
(a) Confess.
(b) Cooperate.
(c) Defect.
(d) Swerve.

5. 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?
(a) Truman.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.

5. Who played an unintentional role in resolution of the public nuclear game of chicken?

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