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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example is presented in the opening of Chapter 1 to demonstrate slow thinking?
(a) A picture of a stream.
(b) A compound sentence.
(c) A multiplication problem.
(d) A picture of an angry woman.

2. The author compares the conscious mind with what in Chapter 5?
(a) A ship's hull.
(b) A ship's mast.
(c) A cockpit.
(d) A cemetery.

3. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?
(a) A diva and backstabber.
(b) A supporting character that believes he is the hero.
(c) A minor character that knows it is a minor character.
(d) A leading role while thinking he is a background character.

4. Who is the author of The Black Swan?
(a) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(b) Keith Stanovich.
(c) Larry Jacoby.
(d) Nassim Taleb.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote Strumbling to Happiness?

4. What is System 2 in charge of in terms of behavior?

5. With whom did Daniel Kahneman conduct a study on pupil dilation at the University of Michigan?

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