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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 More on Social Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.
(a) David Hilbert.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) John Nash.
(d) John von Neumann.

2. In what year was von Neumann appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1955.

3. What General believed it was justified to use nuclear weapons in Korea to prevent a North Korean and Chinese victory?
(a) Pershing.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) LeMay.

4. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Economics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Human behavior.
(d) Probability.

5. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) WWI.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Great War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?

2. In prisoner's dilemma a ____ action will be bad for both parties,which is a problem game theory seeks to understand.

3. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?

4. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?

5. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.

(see the answer key)

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