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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the following example from Chapter 30, the author posits the following in regards to a person choosing a marble from an urn. The red marbles win a prize. "Urn A contains 10 marbles, of which 1 is red. Urn B contains 100 marbles, of which 8 are red" (631). What are the chances of winning in Urn B?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 8%.

3. What occurs when people consider a particular value for an unknown quantity before estimating that quantity?
(a) Ego depletion.
(b) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(c) Artifacts.
(d) An anchoring effect.

4. What are statistical base rates?
(a) Observations about a group of people.
(b) Facts about the history of a decision.
(c) Facts about a population to which a case belongs.
(d) Statistics that describe maximum imput.

5. What organization paid for Thaler to spend a year working with Kahneman in Vancouver?
(a) The Spencer C. Kaufman Foundation.
(b) The Russell Sage Foundation.
(c) The Michael Conner Foundation.
(d) The Roosevelt Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 26, "In bad choices, where a sure loss is compared to a larger loss that is merely probable," what is the result (552)?

3. The author describes a study conducted before President Nixon visited China and Russia. When was this?

4. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?

5. Who is the author's Princeton colleage that wrote "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly"?

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