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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?
(a) The Blind Side.
(b) Moneyball.
(c) Narwhals.
(d) Change is Hard.

3. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?
(a) Night Court.
(b) 21 Jump Street.
(c) NYPD Blue.
(d) Hill Street Blues.

4. Which Israeli general spoke to Tversky's high school class during Tversky's senior year?
(a) Moshe Dayan.
(b) Yuri Gurt.
(c) Benjamin Netanyahu.
(d) Shimon Perez.

5. Which of the following books did Kahneman like as a boy?
(a) A Christmas Carol.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Around the World in Eighty Days.

6. In 2007, which two players did Morey use his model to draft to great success?
(a) Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry.
(b) Alan Iverson and Aaron Brooks.
(c) Jeremy Lin and Carl Landry.
(d) Carl Landry and Alan Iverson.

7. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?
(a) Bearing grudges.
(b) Financial security.
(c) Avoiding mild embarrassment.
(d) Love.

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

9. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
(a) He always spoke in French.
(b) He was quiet and attentive.
(c) He was largely absent from class.
(d) He was loud and disruptive.

10. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?
(a) Gestalt.
(b) Gemeinschaft.
(c) Keynesian.
(d) Gesellschaft.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 4, which university did Tversky begin working at upon his return to Israel?
(a) Haifa University.
(b) Hebrew University.
(c) University of Tel Aviv.
(d) University of Jerusalem.

15. What illness did Kahneman's father suffer from?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Huntington's Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?

2. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?

3. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?

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

5. In Chapter 4, what did Dalia Etzion say Kahneman had difficulty distinguishing between?

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