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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 The Dollar Auction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As his health worsened von Neumann's ___ was one of the first things to go.
(a) Speech.
(b) Mind.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Coordination.

2. What posed a problem for the prisoner's dilemma in Chapter 12?
(a) Evolutionary game theory.
(b) Economic exchange.
(c) Madman's strategy.
(d) Backwards induction.

3. Due to his deteriorating health von Neumann was confined to a wheelchair in ___.
(a) 1949.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1953.

4. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) International Business Machines.
(b) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(c) Rand.
(d) Nixdorf Computer Corp.

5. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.
(a) Officers.
(b) Infantry.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many believed that game theory games modeled seemingly perfect but inhuman and ____ players.

2. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?

3. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?

4. In what field was game theory used to model evolutionary game theory?

5. In Chapter 6 one of von Neumann's RAND colleagues in the 1950s was mentioned as whom?

(see the answer key)

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