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Q1. In which year was the Korean Armistice Agreement signed, ending active hostilities?

🔹 A. 1950
🔹 B. 1951
🔹 C. 1953
🔹 D. 1955

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. If Kim Il Sung had not pressed the idea of invasion, which alternative outcome is most plausible?

🔹 A. A swift Korean reunification under South Korean leadership
🔹 B. Continued division with occasional border skirmishes
🔹 C. Immediate Soviet annexation of the North
🔹 D. A joint Chinese‑Soviet invasion of the South

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: D

Q3. Using game theory, model Kim Il Sung’s decision as a sequential game with the USSR and China as players. Which equilibrium best describes the outcome?

🔹 A. Nash equilibrium with unilateral Soviet support
🔹 B. Subgame perfect equilibrium with joint Soviet‑Chinese endorsement
🔹 C. Dominant‑strategy equilibrium favoring Chinese backing alone
🔹 D. Mixed‑strategy equilibrium with random support

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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