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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. Morey said that knowledge is literally which of the following?
(a) Power.
(b) Prediction.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Danger.

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

3. In Chapter 3, who was only 18 years old when he was identified by the Israeli army as leadership material?
(a) Marshall Minklestein.
(b) Danny Kahneman.
(c) Amos Tversky.
(d) Amnon Rapoport.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?

2. When did the Kahnemans leave Europe?

3. What used to cause Kahneman a great deal of shame as a boy in the early 1940s?

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

5. What kind of professional does Morey often hire who always seem to disappoint him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what was Amnon Rapoport's first impression of Amos Tversky?

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

3. Who were some of Tversky's first subjects during his early experiments on decision-making?

4. In Chapter 2, what revolutionary work did Kahneman do for the Israeli army at a very young age?

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

6. What was Danny Kahneman particularly known for as a lecturer?

7. What event did Amos Tversky participate in in the late 1960s that drew him back into armed conflict?

8. In Chapter 2, what did Shimon Shamir recall about Kahneman from their school days?

9. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture to his own students about Ward Edwards' work on Bayesian Theory?

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

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