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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?
(a) L'Oreal.
(b) Malcamay.
(c) Gucci.
(d) Morrison Yorn.
2. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1966.
3. Why was Kahneman's father released from the Nazi prison camp after six weeks?
(a) He had connections in the French government.
(b) His child begged for his release.
(c) His employer, Eugene Schueller, asked for his release.
(d) His wife lobbied for his safe return.
4. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003?
(a) Change is Hard.
(b) The Blind Side.
(c) Moneyball.
(d) Narwhals.
5. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?
(a) The Ringer.
(b) Bulldog.
(c) The Killer.
(d) Deep Blue.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which very large player does Morey's team meet in 2015 as a potential draft pick?
2. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?
3. Where did Daryl Morey go to college?
4. What state did Tversky leave Kahneman's seminar in in Chapter 5 that was unusual for him?
5. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Morey ban the giving out of nicknames at the Houston Rockets?
2. In Chapter 3, how did Tversky approach the idea of physical danger from the time he was a child?
3. What was ironic about some people's perception that Daryl Morey must be a know-it-all?
4. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?
5. What is the common theme of the stories Lewis collects from Tversky's friends' and colleagues' recollections about him in Chapter 3?
6. In Chapter 3, what general approach did Tverksy take to social science during his years in Michigan?
7. In 2007, what was the problem with the talented basketball player Sean Williams?
8. Why did Morey miss out on picking the very talented Jeremy Lin for the Houston Rockets team?
9. What event did Amos Tversky participate in in the late 1960s that drew him back into armed conflict?
10. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say you had to study in order to study memory?
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