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

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

3. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?
(a) Ella Peron.
(b) Effie Finklestein.
(c) Shimon Shamir.
(d) Maisie Barber.

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

5. Which of the following principals did Tversky set out to study/prove during his time in Michigan?
(a) Representativeness.
(b) Transitivity.
(c) The Halo Effect.
(d) Anchoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, which player did Morey draft for his team who did not work out very well?

2. In Chapter 4, which university did Tversky begin working at upon his return to Israel?

3. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?

4. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?

5. In 2007, which two players did Morey use his model to draft to great success?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the common theme of the stories Lewis collects from Tversky's friends' and colleagues' recollections about him in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 3, how did Tversky approach the idea of physical danger from the time he was a child?

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

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

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

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