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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. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.
(b) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
(c) LeBron James and Yao Ming.
(d) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.

2. Which fellow student did Tversky have an intense relationship with in school?
(a) Bennie Mitchell.
(b) Marsha Mathers.
(c) Dahlia Ravikovitch.
(d) Julie Sheinbaum.

3. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?
(a) Danny Kahneman.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife, Barbara.

4. What did Tversky think he originally might want to become?
(a) A poet or literary critic.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A doctor.

5. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?
(a) A wooden cupboard.
(b) The mother's jewelry.
(c) Some china plates.
(d) Two luxurious green chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Lewis identify as the most curious of Danny Kahneman's personal doubts?

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

4. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?

5. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

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