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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides Bertrand Russell, what mathematician thought a new war between the U.S. and Soviet Union was inevitable once the conflict ended between the Allied and Axis powers?
(a) John von Neumann.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) Merrrill Flood.
(d) John Nash.

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) Non-cooperative games.
(b) Non-zero sum games.
(c) Zero-sum games.
(d) N-person games.

3. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?
(a) Bertrand Russell.
(b) Kurt Godel.
(c) John Nash.
(d) Merrill Flood.

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

5. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?
(a) Set that prisoner free.
(b) Give that prisoner a lighter sentence.
(c) Give both prisoners a lighter sentence.
(d) Drop all charges against that prisoner.

6. In the game model prisoner's dilemma who developed the equilibrium solution that undermined rationality in general?
(a) Godel.
(b) Flood.
(c) Nash.
(d) von Neumann.

7. What does IAS stand for?
(a) Institute for Advanced Studies.
(b) Institute in Advanced Studies.
(c) Institute for Armament Strategies.
(d) Institute of Armament Strategies.

8. When a game does not have a saddle point, what strategy must be used?
(a) Pure.
(b) Mixed.
(c) Equal.
(d) Maximum.

9. 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.
(a) Ethical.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Mathematical.
(d) Legal.

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

11. Who helped develop a strategy of how to use the bomb to end the war in Japan?
(a) Robert Axelrod.
(b) John Nash.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) Merrill Flood.

12. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Recommending.
(c) Doing.
(d) Saying.

13. After what war did the United States engage in a prolonged nuclear arms race with another country?
(a) WWI.
(b) The Great War.
(c) WWII.
(d) The Korean War.

14. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Germany.

15. Who was in charge of the Air Force when it provided funding to RAND?
(a) MacArthur.
(b) Truman.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) LeMay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?

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

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

4. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

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