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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture about Bayesian Theory?
(a) He confronted and contradicted Tversky in real time.
(b) He suggested he and Tversky start doing joint lectures.
(c) He suggested he and Tversky talk about writing reinforcements to the theory.
(d) He agreed with everything Tversky had to say.

3. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?
(a) The Houston Rockets.
(b) The L.A. Lakers.
(c) The Miami Heat.
(d) The Boston Celtics.

4. Why does Morey ultimately pass on drafting Satnam Singh?
(a) He has no real data on Singh.
(b) Singh is too young.
(c) Singh is too old.
(d) Singh is too volatile.

5. What was Kahneman's rule for getting fighter pilots to remember instructions?
(a) The Rule of Threes.
(b) The Rule of Fourths.
(c) The Magical Number Nine.
(d) The Magical Number Seven.

6. Why was Kahneman's father released from the Nazi prison camp after six weeks?
(a) His child begged for his release.
(b) His employer, Eugene Schueller, asked for his release.
(c) His wife lobbied for his safe return.
(d) He had connections in the French government.

7. Which psychologist's work prompted Tversky to travel to Michigan to study?
(a) Danny Kahneman.
(b) Michael Bayes.
(c) Murray Gell-Mann.
(d) Ward Edwards.

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

9. Where was Kahneman's father imprisoned in 1941?
(a) Bergan-Belsen.
(b) Munich.
(c) Drancy.
(d) Auschwitz.

10. Which team did Morey do some consulting for when he was a young man?
(a) The Boston Red Sox.
(b) The Atlanta Braves.
(c) The Washington Nationals.
(d) The Oakland Athletics.

11. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?
(a) Anne Treisman.
(b) Clodagh Ringwald.
(c) Marion Holland.
(d) Michelle Renquoir.

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

13. What did Tversky and Kahneman write that people's intuitive expectations are governed by in one of their early papers?
(a) Hunger.
(b) A consistent misperception of the world.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

14. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?
(a) Paratrooper.
(b) Spy.
(c) Sniper.
(d) Tank driver.

15. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say was necessary to study if one was interested in studying memory?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Endorphins.
(d) Forgetting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many people who knew Tversky remember most about him?

2. Where was Ward Edwards fired from before he moved to Michigan?

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

4. Which fellow student did Tversky have an intense relationship with in school?

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

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