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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?
(a) 12%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 6%.

2. What conservative American politician does Levitt cite as an example of a victim of the country's changing attitudes toward bigotry?
(a) Jim Demint.
(b) Tom Delay.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Lindsay Graham.

3. 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 murders the king.
(c) He starts a war.
(d) He feeds an entire village.

4. In 1987, why did many people stop claiming fake children on their tax returns?
(a) The government stepped up prosecution of tax violators.
(b) They began receiving a much smaller exemption.
(c) The government bagan a much more thorough census.
(d) They were required to provide a social security number for each.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyges' ring do?

2. Which of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid high?

3. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?

4. From what city is Norma McCorvey?

5. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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