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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 9 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the original owner of the World Trade Center?
(a) New Jersey Airport.
(b) Pennsylvania Transport Authority.
(c) New York Port Authority.
(d) Newark Transport Authority.

2. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
(a) He always spoke in French.
(b) He was quiet and attentive.
(c) He was largely absent from class.
(d) He was loud and disruptive.

3. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?
(a) Los Angeles Hospital.
(b) Sunnybrook Hospital.
(c) Boston University Hospital.
(d) Mount Sinai Hospital.

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?
(a) Making mistakes based on money.
(b) Making mistakes based on misperception of color.
(c) Doing something systematically wrong.
(d) Doing something fundamental to their survival.

5. When did Kahneman and Tversky solidify their working collaboration by?
(a) Fall 1969.
(b) Winter 1964.
(c) Summer 1960.
(d) Spring 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mathematician had published the major theory of decision-making when Tversky and Kahneman started researching it?

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

3. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?

4. In Chapter 9, why was Tversky worried about where Kahneman was sleeping?

5. What did Tversky and Kahneman find about many choices all decision-makers face?

(see the answer key)

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