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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?
(a) Cooperate.
(b) Confess.
(c) Swerve.
(d) Defect.

2. Who developed SAGE?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Nash.
(c) Godel.
(d) Hilbert.

3. According to details in Chapter 7 Harold Urey was a key developer of what?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) The hydrogen bomb.
(c) The atom bomb.
(d) ICBMs.

4. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?
(a) Russia.
(b) United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Hungary.

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

6. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) David Hilbert.
(c) Bela Kun.
(d) Kurt Godel.

7. When did the initial interest in game theory begin to wane?
(a) Mid-1950s.
(b) Early 1960s.
(c) Late 1940s.
(d) End of 19th century.

8. What game is a cross between Deadlock and Chicken?
(a) Bully.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Crossroads.
(d) Volunteer's Dilemma.

9. Who played an unintentional role in resolution of the public nuclear game of chicken?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Godel.
(c) Nash.
(d) Russell.

10. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?
(a) A vote determines the winner.
(b) They both win.
(c) Neither is the chicken.
(d) They have to start over.

11. After his fall von Neumann was examined by a doctor who diagnosed him with what disease?
(a) Lymphoma.
(b) Radiation poisoning.
(c) Prostate Cancer.
(d) Alzhemier's.

12. Axelrod's tournaments solicited programs from scientists all around ___.
(a) His State.
(b) D.C.
(c) The United States.
(d) The world.

13. Which game had a biblical example of how it is played in Chapter 11?
(a) Divide the cake.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Bully.

14. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?
(a) Nash.
(b) Hilbert.
(c) Godel.
(d) Russell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An organism that can adapt to changing circumstances over long periods of time has developed ____.

2. What game is similar to volunteer's dilemma but is played by only two people?

3. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?

4. What is the most popular "solution" to the rational to cooperate in Prisoner's Dilemma as explained in Chapter 11?

5. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the black button correspond?

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