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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - Chapter 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
(b) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.
(c) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.
(d) LeBron James and Yao Ming.

2. Why does Kahneman remember April 27, 1944?
(a) It was the night their house was bombed.
(b) It was the night the family fled Europe.
(c) It was the night his sister died.
(d) It was the night before his father died.

3. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(b) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
(c) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.
(d) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.

4. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?
(a) Sports Medicine.
(b) Dance.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Behavioral Economics.

5. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?
(a) The Houston Rockets.
(b) The L.A. Lakers.
(c) The Miami Heat.
(d) The Golden State Warriors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?

3. What was the only think Kahneman and his mother found in their Paris apartment after the war?

4. Which two areas did aptitude tests reveal that Kahneman was equally suited to excel in?

5. What illness did Kahneman's father suffer from?

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