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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. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?
(a) They can hurt players' feelings.
(b) They can lead to fights on the court.
(c) They can add to bias and cloud judgment when picking players.
(d) They can give the team a bad reputation.

2. What position did Tversky eventually rise to in the Israeli army?
(a) Spy.
(b) General.
(c) Platoon commander.
(d) Tank driver.

3. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?
(a) Went to church on Sundays.
(b) Carried rosaries.
(c) Wore crosses as jewelry.
(d) Had crosses in their house.

4. 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) Amnon Rapoport.
(c) Richard Sheinbaum.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

5. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture about Bayesian Theory?
(a) He confronted and contradicted Tversky in real time.
(b) He suggested he and Tversky start doing joint lectures.
(c) He agreed with everything Tversky had to say.
(d) He suggested he and Tversky talk about writing reinforcements to the theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?

2. How long did the War of Independence last?

3. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman write that people's intuitive expectations are governed by in one of their early papers?

5. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?

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