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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was Ward Edwards fired from before he moved to Michigan?
(a) Northwestern University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Johns Hopkins University.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. In Chapter 2, what does Lewis identify as the most curious of Danny Kahneman's personal doubts?
(a) The ones he had about his singing skills.
(b) The ones he had about his own intellectual talent.
(c) The ones he had about his own memory.
(d) The ones he had about his finances.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis say that Kahneman's volatility was for Danny?

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

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

4. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?

5. What illness did Kahneman's father suffer from?

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