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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. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1966.

2. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?
(a) Avoiding mild embarrassment.
(b) Financial security.
(c) Bearing grudges.
(d) Love.

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

4. Who served as the middleman in the negotiations between Israel and Syria in 1974?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) Bill Mitchell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kahneman felt that it was the anticipation of which of the following that affected many people's decisions?

2. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?

3. Who did Amos Tversky stand beside in the line for the entrance tests to be admitted to Hebrew University's psychology program?

4. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?

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

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