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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. Where was the conference Tversky and Kahneman both attended in the fall of 1993?
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Milan.
(d) Turin.

2. What illness did Kahneman's father suffer from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Huntington's Disease.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

3. Kahneman felt that it was the anticipation of which of the following that affected many people's decisions?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Anger.
(d) Regret.

4. What did Tversky tell Delta Airlines to do to try to help avoid pilot errors?
(a) Change its decision-making environments.
(b) Only have one pilot in the cockpit.
(c) Pay the pilots more.
(d) Train the flight attendants to fly the planes.

5. How did Kahneman change the way tank drivers were trained?
(a) He said they would learn best in pairs.
(b) He said they would learn best in trios.
(c) He said they would learn best in bursts of 30-minute intervals.
(d) He said they would learn best by taking notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which computer company offered to donate machines to Stanford's Psychology Department because of Tversky?

2. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?

3. What did one Hebrew University official say to Tversky about him leaving Israel for the United States?

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

5. What subject was Kahneman running experiments on in his Berkeley lab by the time he met Redelmeier?

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