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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $65,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $30,000.

2. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They read the answers to the children.
(b) They never administer the test.
(c) They allow children to have books out.
(d) They erase wrong answers.

3. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The benefit of the uninitiated.
(b) The greater good.
(c) The furthering of the status quo.
(d) A personal agenda.

4. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?
(a) Giving up.
(b) Writing a novel.
(c) Falsifying all their data.
(d) Writing a book on a single theme.

5. According to Paul Feldman's records, when are people least honest?
(a) During holiday seasons.
(b) During tax season.
(c) Early in the morning.
(d) During the winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do 7-7 sumo wrestlers begin losing matches most often?

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

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

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

5. In 1987, why did many people stop claiming fake children on their tax returns?

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