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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?
(a) Rocky Balboa.
(b) Apollo Creed.
(c) Terry Malloy.
(d) Jake LaMotta.

2. What action led to a reduction in blood donors in the 1970s?
(a) An STD test.
(b) A new type of needle.
(c) Donors' names listed in the local paper.
(d) Monetary compensation.

3. What is the central action of economics?
(a) Measurement.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Prediction.
(d) Theory.

4. Which two groups are the most discriminated against on Weakest Link?
(a) Latinos and the elderly.
(b) Women and the youngest contestants.
(c) Blacks and asians.
(d) Indians and southerners.

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

6. Which of the following is not affected by the rank of a sumo wrestler?
(a) His food.
(b) His entourage.
(c) His earnings.
(d) His housing accomodations.

7. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?
(a) Once.
(b) 10 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 6 times.

8. In his introduction, what does Levitt say he wants to replace with honest assessment?
(a) Social bias.
(b) Moral posturing.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Conventional wisdom.

9. In 1960s and 1970s Chicago, what never seemed to happen to street gang members?
(a) They never got arrested.
(b) They never had turf wars.
(c) They were never killed.
(d) They never did their own drugs.

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

11. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Visiting employees.
(b) Low level employees.
(c) Custodial staff.
(d) Executives.

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

13. What percentage of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation takes home half the pay?
(a) 2.2%.
(b) .5%.
(c) 12.1%.
(d) 20%.

14. Which of the following is not a bit of specialty information Levitt says a real estate owner claims to have?
(a) Housing market.
(b) State of the buyer's mind.
(c) The house's true value.
(d) Architectural background.

15. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The greater good.
(b) The furthering of the status quo.
(c) A personal agenda.
(d) The benefit of the uninitiated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in California has allowed two Enron traders to jack up energy prices int he dialogue of this chapter?

2. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?

3. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?

4. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

5. What conservative American politician does Levitt cite as an example of a victim of the country's changing attitudes toward bigotry?

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