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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Game Theory and its Discontents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Nash, a brilliant unbalanced mathematician, was von Neumann's old colleague who reconnected with him where?
(a) At IBM.
(b) At Princeton.
(c) At the Manhattan Project.
(d) At RAND.

2. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.
(a) Maximum.
(b) Minimum.
(c) Size.
(d) Amount.

3. David Hilbert was a great ____.
(a) Economist.
(b) Philosophy thinker.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Mathematician.

4. Several famous RAND studies looked at how the public would respond to contact with aliens and life after what?
(a) A nuclear war.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) Chemical warfare.
(d) An alien abduction.

5. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Martha.
(d) Mariana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the subjects in the original Ohio State studies awarded in the pay off situations?

2. Who developed a mathematical way to extend von Neumann's game theory beyond the original game theory insights?

3. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

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

5. John von Neumann was from a family of ___ Jews.

(see the answer key)

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