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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts that conflict between an automatic reaction and what is common in our lives?
(a) The intention to accept the reaction.
(b) The intention to control it.
(c) The intention to analyze the reaction.
(d) The intention to follow that reaction.

2. Who introduced the word "flow" to describe the state of effortless attending?
(a) Nassim Taleb.
(b) Larry Jacoby.
(c) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(d) William Feller.

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

4. What illusion does the author demonstrate by presenting lines that appear to be different sizes but are in fact the same?
(a) The Muller-Lyer illusion.
(b) The Executive Control illusion.
(c) The Anchoring illusion.
(d) The illusion of Narrative Fallacy.

5. The average effort of System 2 is repeatedly compared with what?
(a) A race.
(b) A crawl.
(c) A sprint.
(d) A stroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim the main function of System 1 is in Chapter 6?

2. The author describes a phenomenon discovered by Roy Baumeister's team wherein an effort of will is tiring, and if you have to force yourself to do something, you are less able to exert self-control when the next challenge appears. What is this phenomenon named?

3. Who is the author of The Black Swan?

4. What are the subjects in the gorilla study instructed to count in the short film?

5. What psychologist described the pupil of the eye as a window to the soul in Scientific American?

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