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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What term did Sunstein and Kuran invent for the mechanism through which biases flow into policy?
(a) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(b) The Moses Illusion.
(c) An anchoring effect.
(d) The availability cascade.

3. The operations of System 2 have one feature in common. What is this feature?
(a) They are automatic.
(b) They require attention.
(c) They are heuristic.
(d) They are fast.

4. According to the author, people who are what are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations?
(a) Considery axioms.
(b) Emotionally active.
(c) Following fallacies.
(d) Cognitively busy.

5. 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 illusion of Narrative Fallacy.
(d) The Anchoring illusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares the conscious mind with what in Chapter 5?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the state of being out of keeping with the norm or inconsistent?

3. The author asserts in Chapter 1 that anything that occupies your working memory reduces what?

4. The author presents a sentence describing Jane losing her wallet in New York in Chapter 6. What word stood out the most for subjects given a recall test about the sentence?

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

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