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 of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid high?
(a) Charming.
(b) Spacious.
(c) Granite.
(d) For sale by owner.

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

3. In 1960s and 1970s Chicago, what never seemed to happen to street gang members?
(a) They never got arrested.
(b) They never had turf wars.
(c) They never did their own drugs.
(d) They were never killed.

4. What comedic Hollywood icon does Levitt quote regarding honesty in this chapter?
(a) Soupy Sales.
(b) Buster Keaton.
(c) W.C. Fields.
(d) Stan Laurel.

5. The authors compare the risk of a crack dealer in JT's gang to the most dangerous job in America. What is that job?
(a) Coal miner.
(b) Timber cutter.
(c) Deep sea fisherman.
(d) Big city police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?

2. Which two groups are the most discriminated against on Weakest Link?

3. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?

4. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

5. Which President spoke to the House of Representatives early about the dangers of the Ku Klux Klan?

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