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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 6 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book had a big influence on Daryl Morey when he was a teenager?
(a) Moneyball.
(b) The Marshall Plan.
(c) The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.
(d) Narwhals.

2. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?
(a) They did not have the time to complete their research.
(b) They did not have the funding to complete their research.
(c) They did not have the intellectual tools to understand what they were finding.
(d) They did not have the physical stamina to complete their research.

3. Which psychologist's work prompted Tversky to travel to Michigan to study?
(a) Michael Bayes.
(b) Murray Gell-Mann.
(c) Danny Kahneman.
(d) Ward Edwards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of audience did Tversky and Kahneman have in mind when they wrote their first papers together?

2. Who was Tversky visiting in the United States in the summer of 1970?

3. What was Marc Gasol's nickname that blinded Morey and some others from seeing his true talent?

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

5. Who was the original owner of the World Trade Center?

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