The Undoing Project Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Undoing Project Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Amos Tversky's mother?
(a) Barbara Tversky.
(b) Genia Tversky.
(c) Anne Tversky.
(d) Marcia Tversky.

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

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

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

6. What used to cause Kahneman a great deal of shame as a boy in the early 1940s?
(a) Not having enough to eat.
(b) Having to wear old shoes to school.
(c) Having to wear a badge identifying him as Jewish.
(d) The tattoo he had on his skin from the concentration camp.

7. What was Marc Gasol's nickname that blinded Morey and some others from seeing his true talent?
(a) Birdy.
(b) Man Boobs.
(c) Slug Feet.
(d) Pudgy.

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

9. How long did the War of Independence last?
(a) Six months.
(b) Ten months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Morey said that knowledge is literally which of the following?

2. Which book had a big influence on Daryl Morey when he was a teenager?

3. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?

4. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?

5. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

(see the answer keys)

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