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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 of the following was one of Tversky's and Kahneman's heuristics for judgement?
(a) Availability.
(b) Hunger.
(c) The Halo Effect.
(d) Hindsight.

2. Why were governments reluctant to seeding hurricanes?
(a) It could pollute the environment.
(b) It sometimes made hurricanes worse.
(c) They would then be implicated in whatever damage the hurricane wrought.
(d) It was very expensive.

3. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?
(a) Behavioral Economics.
(b) Dance.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Sports Medicine.

4. What kind of audience did Tversky and Kahneman have in mind when they wrote their first papers together?
(a) Their family and friends.
(b) No particular audience.
(c) World leaders.
(d) Economists.

5. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?
(a) 21 Jump Street.
(b) Hill Street Blues.
(c) Night Court.
(d) NYPD Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?

2. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?

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

4. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?

5. Which book had a big influence on Daryl Morey when he was a teenager?

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