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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. At what institution did Kahneman work in the 1980s?
(a) University of British Columbia.
(b) Princeton Unviersity.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) University of Michigan.

2. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Veterinarian.
(d) Professor.

3. Who was the psychology professor who thought Tversky's and Kahneman's early work would win a Nobel Prize in Economics?
(a) Irene Norris.
(b) Irv Biederman.
(c) Lew Goldberg.
(d) Paul Volcker.

4. What did both Tversky and Kahneman sense regarding their joint work during their year in Eugene?
(a) Growing interest in their work.
(b) More financial opportunities for both of them.
(c) A waning interest in their work.
(d) Less financial opportunities for both of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dream did Kahneman tell Tvresky he had while they were both in New York together in the early 1990s?

2. Which theorist had offered an alternative to utility theory in the 1950s?

3. Where did Daryl Morey go to college?

4. What used to cause Kahneman a great deal of shame as a boy in the early 1940s?

5. What is hindsight bias?

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