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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. In Chapter 3, who was only 18 years old when he was identified by the Israeli army as leadership material?
(a) Amnon Rapoport.
(b) Marshall Minklestein.
(c) Amos Tversky.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

2. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?
(a) Making mistakes based on misperception of color.
(b) Making mistakes based on money.
(c) Doing something systematically wrong.
(d) Doing something fundamental to their survival.

3. In Chapter 4, what did Dalia Etzion say Kahneman had difficulty distinguishing between?
(a) A good person and a traitor.
(b) A waste of time and a worth-while pursuit.
(c) An efficient soldier and an inefficient one.
(d) A hope and a dream.

4. What theory did J. Allan Hobson refute effectively in his own research?
(a) The Keynesian theory of economics.
(b) The Freudian idea that dreams arose from unconscious desires.
(c) Game theory.
(d) The theory of regret in relation to gains.

5. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?

2. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?

3. What does Morey realize was one of his big mistakes with the unsuccessful player his model chose in 2008?

4. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?

5. Where was Ward Edwards fired from before he moved to Michigan?

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