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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. Which Nobel prize-winner said that Tversky had a first-rate mind, which one could tell by listening to his lectures?
(a) Murray Gell-Mann.
(b) Marshall Mathers.
(c) Richard Feynman.
(d) Kenneth Arrow.

2. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?
(a) Clinical misjudgment.
(b) Lack of staff.
(c) Preventable infections.
(d) Overcharging.

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

4. Who was the architect of the World Trade Center in Chapter 6?
(a) Maya Lin.
(b) Minoru Yamasaki.
(c) Florence Fabricant.
(d) Jeremy Parker.

5. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?
(a) They did not have the physical stamina to complete their research.
(b) They did not have the funding to complete their research.
(c) They did not have the intellectual tools to understand what they were finding.
(d) They did not have the time to complete their research.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?

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

3. In Chapter 9, which of the following does Lewis say was never far from Tversky's and Kahneman's minds or conversations?

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

5. What state did Tversky leave Kahneman's seminar in in Chapter 5 that was unusual for him?

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