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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?
(a) Accepting kickbacks.
(b) Racial profiling.
(c) Selling confiscated drugs.
(d) Underreporting crime.

2. Which of the following is not one of the three types of incentives?
(a) Social.
(b) Economic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Moral.

3. Which two cities does Levitt compare in his discussion of police population versus murder rate?
(a) San Francisco and Chicago.
(b) Denver and Washington, D.C.
(c) St. Louis and Tulsa.
(d) Louisville and Portland.

4. By what percentage did violent crime drop between 1995 and 2000?
(a) 50%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 25%.

5. What portion of the full commission does the seller's real estate agent generally get to keep?
(a) All of it.
(b) One third.
(c) One fourth.
(d) One half.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bouts does a sumo wrestler have to win in order for his ranking to rise?

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

3. What surprising fact about themselves do 7% of the men in the dating-site study reveal on their profiles?

4. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

5. What percentage of people actually pays for Paul Feldman's wares?

(see the answer key)

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