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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?
(a) Physical Sports and Humanities.
(b) Marksmanship and Humanities.
(c) Humanities and Science.
(d) Mathematics and Medicine.

2. Which fellow student did Tversky have an intense relationship with in school?
(a) Marsha Mathers.
(b) Dahlia Ravikovitch.
(c) Bennie Mitchell.
(d) Julie Sheinbaum.

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

4. Where did Tversky's family move to in 1950?
(a) Haifa.
(b) Rome.
(c) Tel Aviv.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?
(a) Gucci.
(b) Morrison Yorn.
(c) Malcamay.
(d) L'Oreal.

6. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
(b) LeBron James and Yao Ming.
(c) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.
(d) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.

7. When did the Kahnemans leave Europe?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1946.

8. In 2008, which player did Morey draft for his team who did not work out very well?
(a) Joey Dorsey.
(b) Alan Iverson.
(c) Jeremy Lin.
(d) Marco Rollins.

9. In Chapter 4, what did Dalia Etzion say Kahneman had difficulty distinguishing between?
(a) A hope and a dream.
(b) A waste of time and a worth-while pursuit.
(c) An efficient soldier and an inefficient one.
(d) A good person and a traitor.

10. Who did Amos Tversky stand beside in the line for the entrance tests to be admitted to Hebrew University's psychology program?
(a) Amnon Rapoport.
(b) Richard Sheinbaum.
(c) Marshall Minkestein.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

11. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?
(a) Become a businessman.
(b) Build winning sports teams.
(c) Design tall buildings.
(d) Become a day trader on Wall Street.

12. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.
(b) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(c) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
(d) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.

13. What kind of professional does Morey often hire who always seem to disappoint him?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Psychologists.

14. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 20 years.

15. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?
(a) Russia.
(b) China.
(c) Palestine.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2007, which two players did Morey use his model to draft to great success?

2. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?

3. What did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?

4. What was Kahneman's rule for getting fighter pilots to remember instructions?

5. Which of the following principals did Tversky set out to study/prove during his time in Michigan?

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