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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?
(a) Avoiding mild embarrassment.
(b) Financial security.
(c) Bearing grudges.
(d) Love.

2. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
(a) He was loud and disruptive.
(b) He was largely absent from class.
(c) He was quiet and attentive.
(d) He always spoke in French.

3. Lewis opens the book with a quote from which author?
(a) Keynes.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Voltaire.

4. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?
(a) Keynesian.
(b) Gemeinschaft.
(c) Gestalt.
(d) Gesellschaft.

5. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture about Bayesian Theory?
(a) He confronted and contradicted Tversky in real time.
(b) He suggested he and Tversky start doing joint lectures.
(c) He suggested he and Tversky talk about writing reinforcements to the theory.
(d) He agreed with everything Tversky had to say.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kahneman's rule for getting fighter pilots to remember instructions?

2. What kind of professional does Morey often hire who always seem to disappoint him?

3. Which team did Morey do some consulting for when he was a young man?

4. Why does Morey ultimately pass on drafting Satnam Singh?

5. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

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