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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.
(a) Equal.
(b) Minimum.
(c) Pure.
(d) Mixed.

2. Before ever making his memorable contribution for the development of game theory von Neumann was already known as the "best ______ in the world."
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Brain.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Thinker.

3. In Chapter 1 if the person in one of the rooms pushes the button before their loved one in another room their loved one will be ____.
(a) Saved.
(b) Starved.
(c) Killed.
(d) Fed.

4. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.
(a) Edison.
(b) Graham.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Alois Alzheimer.

5. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?
(a) Confess.
(b) Tell lies about each other.
(c) Wait for their lawyers then confess.
(d) Keep quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does IAS stand for?

2. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?

3. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?

4. What was the bomb called that von Neumann developed which became the basis for later nuclear device development?

5. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?

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