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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. Which book had a big influence on Daryl Morey when he was a teenager?
(a) Narwhals.
(b) The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.
(c) The Marshall Plan.
(d) Moneyball.

2. Where was Kahneman's father imprisoned in 1941?
(a) Munich.
(b) Drancy.
(c) Bergan-Belsen.
(d) Auschwitz.

3. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?
(a) America.
(b) Russia.
(c) Palestine.
(d) China.

4. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?
(a) Morrison Yorn.
(b) L'Oreal.
(c) Malcamay.
(d) Gucci.

5. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 13 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?

2. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?

3. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?

4. What did Tversky think he originally might want to become?

5. In the late 1960s, what did Kahneman help the Israeli army to do?

(see the answer key)

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