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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 12, what did Kahneman start to realize about Tversky's work once he and Tversky stopped working together so closely?
(a) It was completely worthless and incomprehensible.
(b) It was better than their joint work had been.
(c) It was about the same as their joint work had been.
(d) It was not as good as their joint work had been.

2. What word did Tversky use to describe his most vocal critic in the early 1990s?
(a) Sleazeball.
(b) Scumbag.
(c) Charlatan.
(d) Fraud.

3. What subject was Kahneman running experiments on in his Berkeley lab by the time he met Redelmeier?
(a) Envy.
(b) Regret.
(c) Financial Hardship.
(d) Happiness.

4. Where was Tversky briefly installed as a military governor?
(a) Jericho.
(b) Tel Aviv.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Haifa.

5. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?
(a) Marksmanship and Humanities.
(b) Mathematics and Medicine.
(c) Physical Sports and Humanities.
(d) Humanities and Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling was regret closely linked to, according to Tversky's and Kahneman's research in Chapter 9?

2. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?

3. What did Tversky like to call good ideas?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?

5. Why does Kahneman remember April 27, 1944?

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