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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Morey ultimately pass on drafting Satnam Singh?
(a) Singh is too volatile.
(b) Singh is too young.
(c) He has no real data on Singh.
(d) Singh is too old.

2. 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.

3. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?
(a) The Miami Heat.
(b) The Houston Rockets.
(c) The L.A. Lakers.
(d) The Golden State Warriors.

4. Which of the following books did Kahneman like as a boy?
(a) Lolita.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) Around the World in Eighty Days.
(d) War and Peace.

5. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, which player did Morey draft for his team who did not work out very well?

2. What state did Tversky leave Kahneman's seminar in in Chapter 5 that was unusual for him?

3. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?

4. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?

5. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?

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