Freakonomics Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Steven Levitt
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Freakonomics Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Steven Levitt
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Daddy Mention.
(b) Superman.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Simon LaGre.

2. What was the name of the Communist dictator of Romania who banned abortion in 1966?
(a) Ceausescu.
(b) Walesa.
(c) Honnecker.
(d) Havel.

3. According to Levitt, what do humans primarily respond to?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Passion.
(c) Incentives.
(d) Fear.

4. According to Levitt, because something is correlated to something else does not imply what type of relationship between them?
(a) Inverse.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Causal
(d) Porportional.

5. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?
(a) 10%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 12%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did pro-gun advocate John R. Lott create a female pseudonym?

2. The amount of money spent on every season's election campaigns is the same as the amount spent by Americans yearly on what?

3. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?

4. What event in California has allowed two Enron traders to jack up energy prices int he dialogue of this chapter?

5. Which of the following is not a reason why crack was so appealing to urban gangs in the 1980s?

(see the answer key)

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