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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. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?
(a) They can give the team a bad reputation.
(b) They can hurt players' feelings.
(c) They can add to bias and cloud judgment when picking players.
(d) They can lead to fights on the court.

2. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?
(a) Tank driver.
(b) Paratrooper.
(c) Spy.
(d) Sniper.

3. Lewis opens the book with a quote from which author?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Keynes.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Voltaire.

4. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?

2. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?

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

4. What was Kahneman's rule for getting fighter pilots to remember instructions?

5. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say you had to study in order to study memory?

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

8. What did Daryl Morey think was the best path to being able to pick draft players for an NBA team?

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

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

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