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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?
(a) 10 times.
(b) 6 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) Once.

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

3. Which of the following is not affected by the rank of a sumo wrestler?
(a) His entourage.
(b) His earnings.
(c) His food.
(d) His housing accomodations.

4. Which racist American figure is the focus of the final passage of this chapter?
(a) Jesse Helms.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) G. Gordon Liddy.
(d) David Duke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?

2. Researchers determining whether teachers are encouraging cheating on standardized tests observe classes over how many years?

3. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?

4. Which of the following is not one of the three types of incentives?

5. By what percentage did violent crime drop between 1995 and 2000?

(see the answer key)

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