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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his introduction, what does Levitt say he wants to replace with honest assessment?
(a) Moral posturing.
(b) Conventional wisdom.
(c) Social bias.
(d) Dogma.

2. On average, how many more days does a real estate agent generally keep her own house on the market as opposed to someone else's?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

3. Which two philosophers does Levitt cite who subscribe to the belief that people are inherently good?
(a) Heidegger and John Stuart Mill.
(b) Plato and Descartes.
(c) Socrates and Adam Smith.
(d) John Locke and Hegel.

4. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?
(a) They had less access to weapons.
(b) They were never born.
(c) They were incarcerated at a younger age.
(d) They have been better educated.

5. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?
(a) He murders the king.
(b) He sleeps for twenty years.
(c) He starts a war.
(d) He feeds an entire village.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?

4. What did the clan call its book of beliefs?

5. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?

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