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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 6 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?
(a) Ribbons and books.
(b) Needles and pins.
(c) Cookies and marshmallows.
(d) Book bags and poker chips.

3. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?
(a) How each man did his best work while playing basketball and discussing their ideas at the same time.
(b) How strange it was that neither man had invited him to travel to Israel.
(c) How little he knew about each man's educational background.
(d) How little he knew about each man's life.

4. What position did Tversky eventually rise to in the Israeli army?
(a) Tank driver.
(b) Platoon commander.
(c) Spy.
(d) General.

5. Why did Amnon Rapoport travel to North Carolina in 1961?
(a) He was assigned there by a Fulbright scholarship Committee.
(b) He went to work on a painting project with a friend.
(c) He had a job interview there.
(d) He had a family funeral there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?

2. How did Paul Slovic describe Tversky's and Kahneman's way of collaborating?

3. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?

4. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?

5. Where were the leaders in decision analysis clustered in the early 1970s?

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