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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. What did Tversky like to do in the summer of 1970 as he talked through some ideas with friends?
(a) Shoot baskets.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Play hockey.
(d) Play video games.

2. Why were governments reluctant to seeding hurricanes?
(a) It sometimes made hurricanes worse.
(b) It could pollute the environment.
(c) They would then be implicated in whatever damage the hurricane wrought.
(d) It was very expensive.

3. In Chapter 9, why was Tversky worried about where Kahneman was sleeping?
(a) He thought Kahneman would be a target for abuse from other soldiers.
(b) He thought Kahneman might get hit by a sniper's bullet.
(c) He thought it was too near a tank and Kahneman night be crushed.
(d) He thought Kahneman might contract pneumonia.

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

5. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?
(a) Clodagh Ringwald.
(b) Michelle Renquoir.
(c) Anne Treisman.
(d) Marion Holland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What one question did Kenneth Arrow ask Tversky after his lecture in Chapter 10?

3. What did Tversky like to call good ideas?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman spend the academic year 1970 - 71 doing?

5. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?

(see the answer key)

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