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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is System 2 in charge of in terms of behavior?
(a) Impulse.
(b) Deception.
(c) Self-control.
(d) Emotion.

2. In what branch of the military did the author complete service?
(a) Israeli Army.
(b) French Navy.
(c) U.S. Marines.
(d) British Navy.

3. Who was the Nobel Prize-winning economist that proposed a theory where utility are attached to changes of wealth rather than to states of wealth?
(a) Richard Thaler.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Bruno Frey.
(d) Harry Markowitz.

4. What color are the cabs in the statistics problem presented by the author to examine statistical base rates and causal base rates?
(a) Yellow and green.
(b) Green and blue.
(c) Red and green.
(d) Blue and White.

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?
(a) John List.
(b) Christopher Hsee.
(c) Gary Klein.
(d) Max Bazerman.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the dynamics of what help explain the recurrent cycles of disaster, concern, and complacency that are familiar to students of large-scale emergencies?

2. Amos Tversky, Tom Gilovich, and Robert Vallone conducted a study of misperceptions and randomness in what sport?

3. According to the author, what is determined by the coherence of the best story you can tell by the evidence at hand?

4. In the presentation of the "character" of Tom W. in Chapter 14, what is the subject of the experiment asked to rate?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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