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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business was a firm believer in standard economic theory?
(a) Bruno Frey.
(b) Richard Rosett.
(c) Richard Thaler.
(d) John Gottman.

2. Who wrote Strumbling to Happiness?
(a) Larry Jacoby.
(b) Shane Frederick.
(c) Danny Oppenheimer.
(d) Daniel Gilbert.

3. What book did Abert Michotte write in 1945?
(a) The Perception of Causality.
(b) The Moses Illusion.
(c) Introduction to the Mind and Morals.
(d) Introduction to Cognitive Pupillometry.

4. What does the author describe seeing on a drive from New York to Princeton that surprised him and his wife in Chapter 6?
(a) A burning car.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) A gorilla.
(d) A man with a gun.

5. Who proved mathematically that attempts to explain loss aversion by the utility of wealth are doomed to fail?
(a) Richard Thaler.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Matthew Rabin.
(d) Bruno Frey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Extreme outcomes are much more likely to be observed under what conditions?

2. Where was Albert Michotte from?

3. What word is used to describe when people fail to apply a logical rule that is obviously relevant?

4. Who created a study article called "Becoming Famous Overnight"?

5. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which choice is favored by intuition?

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