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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. In Chapter 8, what was the hospital Donald Redelmeier worked at known for?
(a) Treating bone injuries.
(b) Treating victims of car accidents.
(c) Treating mental health issues.
(d) Treating heart attacks.

2. Where was Tversky briefly installed as a military governor?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Jericho.
(c) Haifa.
(d) Tel Aviv.

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

4. Where were the leaders in decision analysis clustered in the early 1970s?
(a) The Sorbonne.
(b) The Stanford Research Institute.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) Oxford and Cambridge.

5. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?
(a) Two luxurious green chairs.
(b) The mother's jewelry.
(c) A wooden cupboard.
(d) Some china plates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?

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

3. Lewis opens the book with a quote from which author?

4. What is hindsight bias?

5. What did many people who knew Tversky remember most about him?

(see the answer key)

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