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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 John Von Neumann.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Bourbon.

2. Bertrand Russell is a ___.
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Economist.

3. Besides Russell, who else advocated for preventative war during the Cold War?
(a) Einstein.
(b) von Neumann.
(c) Morgenstern.
(d) Nash.

4. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"
(a) Cuba.
(b) Korea.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?

2. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.

3. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.

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

5. Confessing before one's partner in prisoner's dilemma seems what?

(see the answer key)

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