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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?
(a) The Ringer.
(b) Deep Blue.
(c) Bulldog.
(d) The Killer.

2. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?
(a) Sniper.
(b) Tank driver.
(c) Spy.
(d) Paratrooper.

3. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(b) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
(c) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.
(d) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.

4. Which fellow student did Tversky have an intense relationship with in school?
(a) Bennie Mitchell.
(b) Dahlia Ravikovitch.
(c) Marsha Mathers.
(d) Julie Sheinbaum.

5. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?
(a) They can lead to fights on the court.
(b) They can add to bias and cloud judgment when picking players.
(c) They can hurt players' feelings.
(d) They can give the team a bad reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

2. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?

3. In Chapter 3, who was only 18 years old when he was identified by the Israeli army as leadership material?

4. Who was Amos Tversky's mother?

5. What was Marc Gasol's nickname that blinded Morey and some others from seeing his true talent?

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