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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?
(a) What does that mean?
(b) Cracker.
(c) Fuck you.
(d) None of the above.

2. According to the authors, what would be a more reasonable educational concern than the black-white achievement gap?
(a) The rural-urban achievement gap.
(b) The America-Europe achievement gap.
(c) The white-Hispanic achivement gap.
(d) The good school-bad school gap.

3. Which ethnicity generally tests better than whites in the ECLS?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Arab-Americans.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Asians.

4. According to Levitt, what do humans primarily respond to?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Fear.
(c) Passion.
(d) Incentives.

5. What condition did Listerine claim to treat in 1920, increasing its sales dramatically?
(a) Jaw cancer.
(b) Gingivitis.
(c) Halitosis.
(d) Syphillis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gyges' ring do?

2. When do 7-7 sumo wrestlers begin losing matches most often?

3. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?

4. According to a quoted study in FREAKONOMICS, by what percentage is an aborted child more likely to have grown up in poverty than one that is born?

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?

(see the answer key)

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