Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Roe v. Wade.
(d) Gibbons v. Ogden.

2. Which group generally tests highest?
(a) Urban students.
(b) Suburban students.
(c) There is no data on this topic in the text.
(d) Rural students.

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

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

5. What percentage of his revenue does JT pay to the Board of Directors?
(a) 20%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?

3. Why did pro-gun advocate John R. Lott create a female pseudonym?

4. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?

5. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?

(see the answer key)

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