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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. What kind of audience did Tversky and Kahneman have in mind when they wrote their first papers together?
(a) Their family and friends.
(b) Economists.
(c) World leaders.
(d) No particular audience.

2. What was the compound involved in seeding hurricanes?
(a) Carbon Dioxide.
(b) Silver iodide.
(c) Nitrogen Oxide.
(d) Platinum Oxide.

3. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?
(a) A speech impediment.
(b) Eczema.
(c) Polio.
(d) Blindness.

4. Who was the owner of the Houston Rockets when Morey was a manager there?
(a) Leslie Alexander.
(b) Marco Rollins.
(c) Michael Morrison.
(d) Joe Lomeo.

5. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?
(a) A sure smaller gain over a possible larger gain.
(b) A large amount of money over a small amount of money.
(c) A loss for a friend over a loss for oneself.
(d) A sure loss over a sure gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strain of thought did Gerd Gigerenzer come to be identified with?

2. What did Tversky and Kahneman spend the academic year 1970 - 71 doing?

3. What did Tversky and Kahneman do in the war in 1973?

4. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?

5. At what institution did Kahneman work in the 1980s?

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