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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.

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

3. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

4. Before ever making his memorable contribution for the development of game theory von Neumann was already known as the "best ______ in the world."

5. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Merrill Flood?

2. Why was von Neumann considered the "best brain in the world?"

3. How did the Nash equilibrium strategy affect the prisoner's dilemma game model?

4. Why did Bertrand Russell suggest and believe in the merits of preemptive nuclear war?

5. What was the Princeton social scene like while von Neumann was at IAS?

6. What was the Manhattan Project?

7. What was the doctrine of deterrence during the Cold War and what did it mean?

8. Who is Bertrand Russell?

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

10. How did von Neumann end up working on the Manhattan Project and what did he produce while there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the strategic thinking of the Cold War become the logic of mathematical game theory as developed by von Neumann and his partner? Who was involved in the Cold War? Who were key players on either side of the conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Why are Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, Deadlock, and Stag Hunt, all called social dilemmas? Why is the prisoner's dilemma considered the center of gravity for the other three games in relation to pay offs? Be sure to include how switching two of the pay offs in the order of preference helps derive each of the three games from the prisoner's dilemma.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 11 details more social dilemmas and outlines differences in two classes of games - symmetric and asymmetric. What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric games? What are examples of both? How do you play a game of Bully and how is this game a model for human conflict?

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