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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. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?
(a) A mechanical bull.
(b) A wind tunnel.
(c) A caster room.
(d) A sway room.

2. What was Goldberg's paper about medical judgement that Lewis mentions in Chapter 6 titled?
(a) The Expert Fallacy.
(b) Miracles of Misadventures in Medicine.
(c) The Judgement Papers.
(d) Man versus Model of Man.

3. What does Lewis say that Kahneman's volatility was for Danny?
(a) Both a weakness and a strenth.
(b) A wrench in his career.
(c) A weakness.
(d) A strength.

4. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?
(a) Build winning sports teams.
(b) Become a day trader on Wall Street.
(c) Design tall buildings.
(d) Become a businessman.

5. Who was Amos Tversky's mother?
(a) Marcia Tversky.
(b) Anne Tversky.
(c) Genia Tversky.
(d) Barbara Tversky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is hindsight bias?

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

4. Why was Kahneman's father released from the Nazi prison camp after six weeks?

5. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?

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