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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. What did many people who knew Tversky remember most about him?
(a) His cooking skills.
(b) His physical presence, as he was a large man.
(c) His story-telling ability and great intelligence.
(d) His sonorous voice.

2. What kind of opinion did Tversky have about historians and history books?
(a) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with fiction writers to make their writing more interesting.
(b) Tversky thought much of what was in history books was fiction created by the authors.
(c) Tversky had great respect for historians.
(d) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with economists.

3. What did Tversky call to tell Amos only a few days after they had a big fight in Chapter 12?
(a) He was quitting academia.
(b) His mother had died.
(c) He had cancer and had only about 6 months left to live.
(d) His wife was ill and he was moving back to Israel.

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman do in the war in 1973?
(a) They were assigned to the psychology unit.
(b) They were assigned as fighter pilots.
(c) They were assigned as paratroopers.
(d) They were assigned as cooks.

5. How did Paul Slovic describe Tversky's and Kahneman's way of collaborating?
(a) They talked to each other for hour after hour after hour.
(b) They worked almost entirely over the phone.
(c) They worked almost entirely by email.
(d) They communicated mostly through hand-written letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory did J. Allan Hobson refute effectively in his own research?

2. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?

3. Lewis opens the book with a quote from which author?

4. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?

5. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?

(see the answer key)

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