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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 12 - Coda).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which lawyer worked in the Obama administration and used Tversky's and Kahneman's ideas to craft policy?
(a) Kay Rhoades.
(b) Richard Thaler.
(c) Cass Sunstein.
(d) Samantha Power.

2. Who was the architect of the World Trade Center in Chapter 6?
(a) Jeremy Parker.
(b) Maya Lin.
(c) Florence Fabricant.
(d) Minoru Yamasaki.

3. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?
(a) A wind tunnel.
(b) A sway room.
(c) A mechanical bull.
(d) A caster room.

4. What did many people who knew Tversky remember most about him?
(a) His story-telling ability and great intelligence.
(b) His sonorous voice.
(c) His cooking skills.
(d) His physical presence, as he was a large man.

5. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how did Tversky and Kahneman classify the relationship between prediction and judgment?

2. In Chapter 11, at what institution was Miles Shore the Bullard Professor of Psychiatry?

3. When did the Kahnemans leave Europe?

4. What strain of thought did Gerd Gigerenzer come to be identified with?

5. What did Tversky tell Delta Airlines to do to try to help avoid pilot errors?

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