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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 12 - Coda).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?
(a) Eugene, Oregon.
(b) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

2. Which very large player does Morey's team meet in 2015 as a potential draft pick?
(a) Jung Mao.
(b) Satnam Singh.
(c) Morrel Lorely.
(d) Yao Ming.

3. What did Redelmeier's experiment measuring the so-called "peak-end rule" involve?
(a) Blood tests.
(b) Bone breakages.
(c) Optical exams.
(d) Colonoscopies.

4. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?
(a) They can lead to fights on the court.
(b) They can add to bias and cloud judgment when picking players.
(c) They can hurt players' feelings.
(d) They can give the team a bad reputation.

5. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?
(a) How each man did his best work while playing basketball and discussing their ideas at the same time.
(b) How little he knew about each man's educational background.
(c) How strange it was that neither man had invited him to travel to Israel.
(d) How little he knew about each man's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the architect of the World Trade Center in Chapter 6?

2. What was Goldberg's paper about medical judgement that Lewis mentions in Chapter 6 titled?

3. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?

4. Why does Morey think he wrongly passed on drafting Jeremy Lin?

5. What did people treat all remote probabilities as, according to Tversky's and Kahneman's findings?

(see the answer key)

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