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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?
(a) Marksmanship and Humanities.
(b) Mathematics and Medicine.
(c) Humanities and Science.
(d) Physical Sports and Humanities.

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

3. What did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?
(a) The likelihood a recruit would suffer a mental breakdown.
(b) The likelihood a recruit would become a deserter.
(c) The likelihood a recruit would be a good marksperson.
(d) The likelihood a recruit would succeed in any job.

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

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

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

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

8. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?
(a) The mother's jewelry.
(b) Two luxurious green chairs.
(c) Some china plates.
(d) A wooden cupboard.

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

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

11. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?
(a) L'Oreal.
(b) Morrison Yorn.
(c) Gucci.
(d) Malcamay.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Kahnemans leave Europe?

2. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?

3. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?

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

5. Why does Kahneman remember April 27, 1944?

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