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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of opinion did Tversky have about historians and history books?
(a) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with fiction writers to make their writing more interesting.
(b) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with economists.
(c) Tversky had great respect for historians.
(d) Tversky thought much of what was in history books was fiction created by the authors.

2. What was Lew Goldberg's work known for addressing?
(a) The idea that expert judgments could be less reliable than algorithms.
(b) The idea that being hungry makes one buy more when grocery shopping.
(c) The idea that being cold makes one more likely to participate in violent acts.
(d) The idea that people's consumer habits are influenced heavily by colors.

3. In Chapter 9, what did Kahneman say people needed in order to make a decision rather than a number?
(a) A conscience.
(b) A story.
(c) A heart.
(d) A soul.

4. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?
(a) Shimon Perez.
(b) Benyamin Albaum.
(c) Zvi Lanir.
(d) Benny Shalit.

5. Where did Redelmeier grow up?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Toronto.

6. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?
(a) Making mistakes based on misperception of color.
(b) Making mistakes based on money.
(c) Doing something fundamental to their survival.
(d) Doing something systematically wrong.

7. What publication did Tversky and Kahneman think offered them the best chance of reaching audiences outside of psychology?
(a) Time.
(b) Nature.
(c) Science.
(d) Newsweek.

8. What book did Richard Thaler's father ask him to copy lines from when he was a child?
(a) The Jungle.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
(d) The Chariots of Fire.

9. What one question did Kenneth Arrow ask Tversky after his lecture in Chapter 10?
(a) What can we apply from this lecture to the field of economics?
(b) What is the difference between regret and envy?
(c) What is a loss?
(d) What is a gain?

10. In Chapter 9, what does Lewis say Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship was like in every way other than sexually?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Parents and children.
(d) Cousins.

11. Where did Tversky and Kahneman first go during the war in 1973 in the field?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Tel Aviv.
(c) Syria.
(d) The Sinai.

12. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?
(a) Eugene, Oregon.
(b) Seattle, Washington.
(c) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

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

14. What did Kahneman and Tversky discover about the soldiers' reasons for fighting?
(a) They were fighting to avoid another fascist regime.
(b) They were fighting for Zionism.
(c) They were fighting for friends and families.
(d) They were fighting because of their hatred of the Russians.

15. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?
(a) A loss for a friend over a loss for oneself.
(b) A sure loss over a sure gain.
(c) A large amount of money over a small amount of money.
(d) A sure smaller gain over a possible larger gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?

2. In Chapter 8, what was the hospital Donald Redelmeier worked at known for?

3. What was the title of Tversky's and Kahneman's first paper to describe how people formed judgments?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman eventually title their work about decision-making?

5. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?

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