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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 used to cause Kahneman a great deal of shame as a boy in the early 1940s?
(a) Having to wear old shoes to school.
(b) Not having enough to eat.
(c) The tattoo he had on his skin from the concentration camp.
(d) Having to wear a badge identifying him as Jewish.

2. Which of the following books did Kahneman like as a boy?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Around the World in Eighty Days.
(c) A Christmas Carol.
(d) Lolita.

3. Where was Ward Edwards fired from before he moved to Michigan?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Johns Hopkins University.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) Princeton University.

4. Why does Morey think he wrongly passed on drafting Jeremy Lin?
(a) He thought Lin was too old.
(b) He had the impression that Lin was unathletic, even though he is actually incredibly athletic.
(c) He thought his own model was wrong.
(d) He thought Lin was too young.

5. When did Kahneman and Tversky solidify their working collaboration by?
(a) Spring 1963.
(b) Summer 1960.
(c) Winter 1964.
(d) Fall 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which team did Morey do some consulting for when he was a young man?

2. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?

3. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?

4. In Chapter 4, which university did Tversky begin working at upon his return to Israel?

5. Who was the owner of the Houston Rockets when Morey was a manager there?

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