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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a profession that the authors indicate has been adversely affected by the Internet?
(a) Funeral directors.
(b) Car salesmen.
(c) Surgeons.
(d) Life insurance salesmen.

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

3. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?
(a) Hyperstatistic.
(b) Droog.
(c) Superpredator.
(d) Enhanced threat.

4. According to the authors, what is the easiest way to ensure your will not get a good response to your dating profile?
(a) Not posting a photo.
(b) Lying about your weight.
(c) Listing that you are unemployed.
(d) Indicating that you do not want a long-term relationship.

5. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?
(a) 5%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 7%.
(d) 3%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?

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

4. Which of the following is not an alternate source of funding in the twentieth century?

5. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?

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