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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 did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?
(a) The likelihood a recruit would suffer a mental breakdown.
(b) The likelihood a recruit would succeed in any job.
(c) The likelihood a recruit would be a good marksperson.
(d) The likelihood a recruit would become a deserter.

2. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
(b) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.
(c) LeBron James and Yao Ming.
(d) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.

3. Where was Kahneman's father imprisoned in 1941?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Bergan-Belsen.
(c) Munich.
(d) Drancy.

4. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
(a) He always spoke in French.
(b) He was quiet and attentive.
(c) He was largely absent from class.
(d) He was loud and disruptive.

5. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?
(a) 21 Jump Street.
(b) NYPD Blue.
(c) Hill Street Blues.
(d) Night Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Morey think he wrongly passed on drafting Jeremy Lin?

2. What did Tversky and Kahneman write that people's intuitive expectations are governed by in one of their early papers?

3. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?

4. What position did Tversky eventually rise to in the Israeli army?

5. Why did Amnon Rapoport travel to North Carolina in 1961?

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