Freakonomics Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Steven Levitt
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Freakonomics Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James Alan Fox in 1995, what is the minimum rise in violent crime to be expected in the next decade?
(a) 5%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

2. How many Americans use dating websites every year?
(a) 75 million.
(b) 40 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 15 million.

3. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Low level employees.
(b) Executives.
(c) Custodial staff.
(d) Visiting employees.

4. Which economist and philosopher does Levitt cite at the end of his introduction?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) Jeremy Bentham.
(d) Karl Marx.

5. What did the clan call its book of beliefs?
(a) The Kloran.
(b) The Klorah.
(c) The Klagavaad Klita.
(d) The Klible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?

2. Which of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid high?

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 an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?

5. According to the authors, what euphemism means that a house is largely dilapidated?

(see the answer key)

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