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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kahneman and Tversky solidify their working collaboration by?

2. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?

3. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?

4. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?

5. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Tversky's first impression of Ward Edwards, the professor he had come to Michigan to study under?

2. In Chapter 3, for what action did Tversky receive the Israeli army's highest honor?

3. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?

4. In Chapter 4, how did Barbara Tversky adjust to life in Israel?

5. What was ironic about some people's perception that Daryl Morey must be a know-it-all?

6. In 2007, what was the problem with the talented basketball player Sean Williams?

7. Why did Morey ban the giving out of nicknames at the Houston Rockets?

8. Why did Morey miss out on picking the very talented Jeremy Lin for the Houston Rockets team?

9. In Chapter 2, what did Kahneman's father tell him the night before he died?

10. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003 and what was it about?

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