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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 9 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Amnon Rapoport travel to North Carolina in 1961?
(a) He was assigned there by a Fulbright scholarship Committee.
(b) He went to work on a painting project with a friend.
(c) He had a family funeral there.
(d) He had a job interview there.

2. What was the compound involved in seeding hurricanes?
(a) Nitrogen Oxide.
(b) Platinum Oxide.
(c) Silver iodide.
(d) Carbon Dioxide.

3. What kind of audience did Tversky and Kahneman have in mind when they wrote their first papers together?
(a) Their family and friends.
(b) Economists.
(c) World leaders.
(d) No particular audience.

4. In the late 1960s, what did Kahneman help the Israeli army to do?
(a) Train fighter pilots better.
(b) Devise menus for soldiers to minimize food waste.
(c) Devise financial incentives to entice army recruits for service.
(d) Train spys.

5. What was the prevailing theory of decision-making called when Tversky and Kahneman began researching it?
(a) Utility theory.
(b) Sense theory.
(c) Loss theory.
(d) Reward theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Redelmeier's experiment measuring the so-called "peak-end rule" involve?

2. In Chapter 6, who persuaded the National Science Foundation to allocate $60,000 to him for a behavioral science research center?

3. What did Kahneman and Tversky discover about the soldiers' reasons for fighting?

4. What was Barbara Tversky doing when the war broke out in Israel in 1973?

5. Who served as the middleman in the negotiations between Israel and Syria in 1974?

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