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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lewis say that Kahneman's volatility was for Danny?
2. The belief in which of the following was the subject of Tversky's and Kahneman's early works?
3. What was Marc Gasol's nickname that blinded Morey and some others from seeing his true talent?
4. Where did Daryl Morey go to college?
5. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, how did Tversky approach the idea of physical danger from the time he was a child?
2. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003 and what was it about?
3. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture to his own students about Ward Edwards' work on Bayesian Theory?
4. Why did Morey ban the giving out of nicknames at the Houston Rockets?
5. In Chapter 3, what was the first flight Tversky took during which he landed?
6. What is the common theme of the stories Lewis collects from Tversky's friends' and colleagues' recollections about him in Chapter 3?
7. In Chapter 2, what revolutionary work did Kahneman do for the Israeli army at a very young age?
8. In Chapter 4, how did Barbara Tversky adjust to life in Israel?
9. In Chapter 2, what did Shimon Shamir recall about Kahneman from their school days?
10. What did Daryl Morey think was the best path to being able to pick draft players for an NBA team?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Kahneman's collaboration with Tversky change the way Kahneman worked and lived - and vice versa? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
What role did the Israeli military play in both Tversky's and Kahneman's lives? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the meaning behind this book's title. What does "undoing" refer to?
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