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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?
(a) His father.
(b) Danny Kahneman.
(c) His wife, Barbara.
(d) His mother.

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

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

5. Where was Tversky briefly installed as a military governor?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Jericho.
(d) Haifa.

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

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

8. Which of the following principals did Tversky set out to study/prove during his time in Michigan?
(a) The Halo Effect.
(b) Transitivity.
(c) Anchoring.
(d) Representativeness.

9. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1972.

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

11. Why did Amnon Rapoport travel to North Carolina in 1961?
(a) He was assigned there by a Fulbright scholarship Committee.
(b) He had a job interview there.
(c) He had a family funeral there.
(d) He went to work on a painting project with a friend.

12. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?
(a) Tel Aviv University.
(b) Jerusalem University.
(c) Hebrew University.
(d) Marion College.

13. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.
(b) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.
(c) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(d) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?

2. Why was Kahneman's father released from the Nazi prison camp after six weeks?

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

4. When did the Kahnemans leave Europe?

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

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