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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Peter Sandman, what is the defining attribute of irrational fears that we have?
(a) They have happened ot someone we know.
(b) They all involve death.
(c) They are covered regularly on TV.
(d) They are out of our control.

3. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child is regularly spanked.
(b) The child's parents have a high socioeconomic status.
(c) The child's parents speak English at home.
(d) The child has many books in his home.

4. Which group in the book was undone by the Superman radio show?
(a) The Sumo Wrestling League.
(b) The Chicago Public School system.
(c) The Black Gangster Disciple Nation.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

5. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?
(a) Enhanced threat.
(b) Droog.
(c) Hyperstatistic.
(d) Superpredator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does most of the data regarding children's names come from?

2. With what band did Sudhir Venkatesh tour as part of his sociological research?

3. Which of the following is not a commodity that exists as a low-income version of a more high-end item?

4. What does Levitt credit with the rise of distinctly black names in the twentieth century?

5. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?

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