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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1946.

2. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?
(a) EMPs.
(b) MIRVs.
(c) ICBMs.
(d) "Fat Bombs."

3. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.
(a) Infinite.
(b) Imperfect.
(c) Calculated.
(d) Finite.

4. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Great War.
(d) WWI.

5. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?
(a) One dies.
(b) Both die.
(c) Both are beaten.
(d) Both are set free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scientists working on the Manhattan Project were in a rush to complete the project before Russia and ____ could complete their similar projects.

2. When a game does not have a saddle point, what strategy must be used?

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

4. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?

5. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Russell and von Neumann advocate preventative war during the Cold War?

2. Who originally suggested the RAND corporation and for what purpose?

3. Who is Merrill Flood?

4. What is a minimax solution and saddle points?

5. Who is John Nash?

6. What are zero-sum games?

7. What is the IAS?

8. What is prisoner's dilemma?

9. What were the results of Flood's experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

10. What was the Manhattan Project?

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