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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?
(a) Apollo Creed.
(b) Terry Malloy.
(c) Rocky Balboa.
(d) Jake LaMotta.

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

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

4. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Norway.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Israel.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?

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

3. Which economist and philosopher does Levitt cite at the end of his introduction?

4. Which of the following is not affected by the rank of a sumo wrestler?

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

(see the answer key)

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