View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the approximate ratio of abortions:murders in America as stated at the end of the chapter?
(a) 75:1.
(b) 50:1.
(c) 100:1.
(d) 1:1.

3. Why did Oscar Danilo Blandon claim that he sold such extensive quantities of crack cocaine in the late 1970s?
(a) To pay off his gambling debts.
(b) To fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
(c) To undermine community leadersin Los Angeles.
(d) To provide a safer cocaine product than free-base.

4. In what country is every adult male issued a gun by the government to keep at home?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Uzbekhistan.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Singapore.

5. What is the name of the first Internet web site to allow consumers to compare life insurance rates?
(a) Quotesmith.
(b) CoverageNation.
(c) Insurate.
(d) LINational.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?

2. The amount of money spent on every season's election campaigns is the same as the amount spent by Americans yearly on what?

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

4. Which two cities does Levitt compare in his discussion of police population versus murder rate?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 237 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample