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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main reason that the price of crack cocaine began to drop in the Nineties?
(a) Tainted shipments arrived in the US.
(b) Dealers undercut each other's prices.
(c) Junkies began to switch to heroin.
(d) Its potency began to deteriorate.

2. Who was Rudolph Giuliani's police commissioner often credited with reducing crime in New York in the Nineties?
(a) William Bratton.
(b) Howard Safire.
(c) Ray Kelly.
(d) Bernard Kerik.

3. What often catalyzes a big-city mayor's decision to hire more police?
(a) An upcoming election.
(b) A visit from the President.
(c) A large public event.
(d) A high-profile murder.

4. From what Southern Klan stronghold did Stetson Kennedy hail?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Tuscaloosa.
(d) Atlanta.

5. Which is a Hebrew name that the authors suggest may catch on en masse in the years to come?
(a) Aviva.
(b) Oona.
(c) Zofia.
(d) Zev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central action of economics?

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

3. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?

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

5. For what year are the authors attempting to forecast when they list possible future popular names at the end of the chapter?

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