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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?
(a) Angry shouting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

2. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Professor.

3. Who did Amos Tversky stand beside in the line for the entrance tests to be admitted to Hebrew University's psychology program?
(a) Marshall Minkestein.
(b) Richard Sheinbaum.
(c) Danny Kahneman.
(d) Amnon Rapoport.

4. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(b) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.
(c) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
(d) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.

5. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?
(a) Build winning sports teams.
(b) Become a day trader on Wall Street.
(c) Design tall buildings.
(d) Become a businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, which player did Morey draft for his team who did not work out very well?

2. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?

3. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?

4. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?

5. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?

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