Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Steven Levitt
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Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Steven Levitt
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which realm of employment is not a turn-on to women on dating sites?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law enforcement.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Military.

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

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

4. Which two philosophers does Levitt cite who subscribe to the belief that people are inherently good?
(a) Socrates and Adam Smith.
(b) Heidegger and John Stuart Mill.
(c) John Locke and Hegel.
(d) Plato and Descartes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Southern Klan stronghold did Stetson Kennedy hail?

2. According to Levitt, what do humans primarily respond to?

3. How long did JT run the Black Gangster Disciple Nation before being promoted to the Board of Directors?

4. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?

5. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?

(see the answer key)

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