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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The RAND Corporation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Manhattan Project operations located?
(a) Arizona.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) D.C.
(d) New York.

2. According to Chapter 3, von Neumann concerned himself with what type of games, where in order for one person to gain, another person must lose?
(a) N-person games.
(b) Non-zero sum games.
(c) Non-cooperative games.
(d) Zero-sum games.

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

4. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1943.

5. Which game was popular in the IAS lunch rooms?
(a) Poker.
(b) Tic-tac-toe.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1 the author gives examples of hypothetical situations that deal with some kind of ___ problem, such as the two people in different rooms who have to decide whether to push a button.

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

4. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

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

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