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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Halo Effect?
(a) Philip Rosenzweig.
(b) Malcolm Gladwell.
(c) Christopher Chabris.
(d) Baruch Fischhoff.

3. Who was the director of the CIA when intelligence learned that al-Qaeda may be planning a major attack on the U.S.?
(a) Malcolm Gladwell.
(b) Christopher Chabris.
(c) Baruch Fischhoff.
(d) George Tenet.

4. What do we lose touch with when we are uncomfortable or unhappy?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Articulation.

5. What neighborhood within Niagara Falls, New York was the location of a 70-acre landfill that was the epicenter of a massive environmental disaster?
(a) Love Canal.
(b) Patterson.
(c) Almeda.
(d) Union City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the labels System 1 and System 2 as systems of the mind?

2. Who coined the term "mere exposure effect"?

3. In discussing the stock market, the author states that if all the assets in a market are correctly priced, it leaves no scope for cleverness but it also does what?

4. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which individual is described as having held a postdoctoral position for the last three years?

5. When did the Yom Kippur War break out?

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