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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. Who coauthored the first article Tversky ever wrote about medicine?
(a) Don Redelmeier.
(b) Hal Sox.
(c) Danny Kahneman.
(d) Lew Goldberg.

2. 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 it was too near a tank and Kahneman night be crushed.
(c) He thought Kahneman might contract pneumonia.
(d) He thought Kahneman might get hit by a sniper's bullet.

3. In Chapter 4, what did Dalia Etzion say Kahneman had difficulty distinguishing between?
(a) A waste of time and a worth-while pursuit.
(b) An efficient soldier and an inefficient one.
(c) A good person and a traitor.
(d) A hope and a dream.

4. Where was Redelmeier accepted as a resident in 1985?
(a) Thomas Jefferson University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Stanford.

5. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?
(a) Silence.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Angry shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tversky spend the 1970-71 academic year?

2. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?

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

4. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?

5. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?

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