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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 6 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tversky's favorite television drama?
(a) 21 Jump Street.
(b) NYPD Blue.
(c) Night Court.
(d) Hill Street Blues.

2. Which of the following principals did Tversky set out to study/prove during his time in Michigan?
(a) Anchoring.
(b) The Halo Effect.
(c) Transitivity.
(d) Representativeness.

3. What does Morey realize was one of his big mistakes with the unsuccessful player his model chose in 2008?
(a) The player had cheated.
(b) The player did not do well in college.
(c) The player had a serious previous injury.
(d) The player was too old.

4. What subject was Kahneman running experiments on in his Berkeley lab by the time he met Redelmeier?
(a) Envy.
(b) Regret.
(c) Financial Hardship.
(d) Happiness.

5. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?
(a) The L.A. Lakers.
(b) The Miami Heat.
(c) The Houston Rockets.
(d) The Boston Celtics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?

2. What was all that Daryl Morey wanted to do in life as a young man?

3. The belief in which of the following was the subject of Tversky's and Kahneman's early works?

4. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?

5. In Chapter 3, who was only 18 years old when he was identified by the Israeli army as leadership material?

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