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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Levitt, what do humans primarily respond to?
(a) Passion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Incentives.

3. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?
(a) Community development.
(b) Innovative policing.
(c) After-school programs.
(d) Number cooking.

4. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?
(a) He freezesall standardized testing in Chicago.
(b) He readministers tests.
(c) He buries the report.
(d) He fires 12 teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyges' ring do?

2. From what city is Norma McCorvey?

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

4. What is the central action of economics?

5. Paul Feldman makes his living delivering what to offices?

(see the answer key)

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