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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what college did Kahneman and Tversky derive their subjects for their wheel of fortune study?
(a) The University of Las Vegas.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Berkeley University.
(d) The University of Oregon.

2. Who discovered a named regression to the mean?
(a) Gary Klein.
(b) Christopher Hsee.
(c) Sir Francis Galton.
(d) John List.

3. Who first demonstrated the hindsight bias as a student in Jerusalem?
(a) Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.
(b) Malcolm Gladwell.
(c) John List.
(d) Baruch Fischhoff.

4. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which choice is favored by intuition?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Anne.
(c) Kim.
(d) Jane.

5. 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 man with a gun.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) A gorilla.
(d) A burning car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Black Swan?

2. What does the author suggest when quoting sources in persuasive writing?

3. What organization paid for Thaler to spend a year working with Kahneman in Vancouver?

4. What term did Sunstein and Kuran invent for the mechanism through which biases flow into policy?

5. What experimental economist conducted an experiment by auctioning sets of ten high-value cards, and identical sets to which three cards of modest value were added?

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