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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?
(a) The L.A. Lakers.
(b) The Houston Rockets.
(c) The Golden State Warriors.
(d) The Miami Heat.

5. In Chapter 3, who was only 18 years old when he was identified by the Israeli army as leadership material?
(a) Amnon Rapoport.
(b) Marshall Minklestein.
(c) Amos Tversky.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

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

7. The belief in which of the following was the subject of Tversky's and Kahneman's early works?
(a) Regression to the mean.
(b) The law of small numbers.
(c) The power of music.
(d) The Halo Effect.

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

9. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Sports Medicine.
(c) Behavioral Economics.
(d) Dance.

10. Why does Morey think he wrongly passed on drafting Jeremy Lin?
(a) He thought Lin was too old.
(b) He had the impression that Lin was unathletic, even though he is actually incredibly athletic.
(c) He thought Lin was too young.
(d) He thought his own model was wrong.

11. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Crying.
(c) Silence.
(d) Angry shouting.

12. Where did Daryl Morey go to college?
(a) Northwestern University.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Loyola.

13. In Chapter 4, who did Tversky marry in the United States?
(a) Jennifer Torrence.
(b) Marcia Marhters.
(c) Barbara Gans.
(d) Rachel Gedard.

14. What did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?
(a) The likelihood a recruit would be a good marksperson.
(b) The likelihood a recruit would become a deserter.
(c) The likelihood a recruit would suffer a mental breakdown.
(d) The likelihood a recruit would succeed in any job.

15. Lewis opens the book with a quote from which author?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Keynes.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?

2. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?

3. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say was necessary to study if one was interested in studying memory?

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

5. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?

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