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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 12 - Coda).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, people do not choose between things but rather between which of the following?
(a) Descriptions of things.
(b) Financial implications of things.
(c) Futures.
(d) Consequences of things.

2. Which prize does Lewis recount Kahneman winning at the very end of the book?
(a) The Aster Award.
(b) The Pulitzer Prize.
(c) The Freedman Award.
(d) The Nobel Prize.

3. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?
(a) Overcharging.
(b) Preventable infections.
(c) Lack of staff.
(d) Clinical misjudgment.

4. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?
(a) Carried rosaries.
(b) Wore crosses as jewelry.
(c) Had crosses in their house.
(d) Went to church on Sundays.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Oregon, where did Tversky and Kahneman find an office to work together in?

2. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?

3. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?

4. Where was Kahneman's father imprisoned in 1941?

5. In Chapter 12, what did Kahneman start to realize about Tversky's work once he and Tversky stopped working together so closely?

(see the answer key)

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