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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, which university did Tversky begin working at upon his return to Israel?
(a) University of Tel Aviv.
(b) Haifa University.
(c) Hebrew University.
(d) University of Jerusalem.

2. Where did Tversky's family move to in 1950?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Haifa.
(c) Rome.
(d) Jerusalem.

3. What did people treat all remote probabilities as, according to Tversky's and Kahneman's findings?
(a) Homework.
(b) Impossibilities.
(c) Possibilities.
(d) Dreams.

4. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?
(a) Los Angeles Hospital.
(b) Boston University Hospital.
(c) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(d) Sunnybrook Hospital.

5. Where did Tversky spend the 1970-71 academic year?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?

2. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?

3. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?

4. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?

5. What did Tversky hate but tolerate as a habit of Kahneman's?

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