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

2. Which British psychologist did Kahneman meet in the 1960s who he would later marry?
(a) Anne Treisman.
(b) Michelle Renquoir.
(c) Marion Holland.
(d) Clodagh Ringwald.

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

4. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?
(a) Financial hardship.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Regression to the mean.
(d) Confidence.

5. What was Goldberg's paper about medical judgement that Lewis mentions in Chapter 6 titled?
(a) The Judgement Papers.
(b) The Expert Fallacy.
(c) Man versus Model of Man.
(d) Miracles of Misadventures in Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?

2. What used to cause Kahneman a great deal of shame as a boy in the early 1940s?

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

4. What did Redelmeier say Kahneman was more likely to see in his own work than Tversky was able to see in his own work?

5. Who was the architect of the World Trade Center in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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