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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say that Kahneman's volatility was for Danny?
(a) A wrench in his career.
(b) A strength.
(c) A weakness.
(d) Both a weakness and a strenth.

2. 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.

3. 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 loud and disruptive.
(d) He was largely absent from class.

4. 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) He had connections in the French government.
(d) His wife lobbied for his safe return.

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 4, what did Dalia Etzion say Kahneman had difficulty distinguishing between?
(a) A hope and a dream.
(b) An efficient soldier and an inefficient one.
(c) A waste of time and a worth-while pursuit.
(d) A good person and a traitor.

9. 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 Oakland Athletics.
(d) The Atlanta Braves.

10. Why does Kahneman remember April 27, 1944?
(a) It was the night the family fled Europe.
(b) It was the night his sister died.
(c) It was the night before his father died.
(d) It was the night their house was bombed.

11. What state did Tversky leave Kahneman's seminar in in Chapter 5 that was unusual for him?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Excitement.

12. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?
(a) The Miami Heat.
(b) The L.A. Lakers.
(c) The Golden State Warriors.
(d) The Houston Rockets.

13. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?
(a) Ribbons and books.
(b) Needles and pins.
(c) Cookies and marshmallows.
(d) Book bags and poker chips.

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

15. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?
(a) Design tall buildings.
(b) Become a day trader on Wall Street.
(c) Become a businessman.
(d) Build winning sports teams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Amos Tversky stand beside in the line for the entrance tests to be admitted to Hebrew University's psychology program?

2. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?

3. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?

4. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?

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

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