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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Simon LaGre.
(b) Daddy Mention.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Superman.

3. What does Gyges' ring do?
(a) It makes him immortal.
(b) It makes him invisible.
(c) It makes him omniscient.
(d) It makes him a giant.

4. Which President spoke to the House of Representatives early about the dangers of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) Grant.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Harrison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, what is the easiest way to ensure your will not get a good response to your dating profile?

2. According to normal Weakest Link strategy, who will players vote off in later rounds?

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

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

5. According to Paul Feldman's records, when are people least honest?

(see the answer key)

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