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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which racist American figure is the focus of the final passage of this chapter?
(a) David Duke.
(b) G. Gordon Liddy.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Jesse Helms.

2. What portion of the full commission does the seller's real estate agent generally get to keep?
(a) One fourth.
(b) One third.
(c) All of it.
(d) One half.

3. What comedic Hollywood icon does Levitt quote regarding honesty in this chapter?
(a) Soupy Sales.
(b) W.C. Fields.
(c) Stan Laurel.
(d) Buster Keaton.

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
(a) Malnourishment.
(b) Elephantisis.
(c) Colic.
(d) Diarrhea.

5. How many bouts does a sumo wrestler have to win in order for his ranking to rise?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

6. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $65,000.
(d) $30,000.

7. Which of the following is not an alternate source of funding in the twentieth century?
(a) Gunrunning.
(b) Prostitution rings.
(c) Union busting.
(d) Moonshine operations.

8. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Money.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Patience.

9. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?
(a) Number cooking.
(b) Community development.
(c) After-school programs.
(d) Innovative policing.

10. What conservative American politician does Levitt cite as an example of a victim of the country's changing attitudes toward bigotry?
(a) Trent Lott.
(b) Lindsay Graham.
(c) Tom Delay.
(d) Jim Demint.

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

12. What unethical practice are Atlanta police discovered to have undertaken throughout the 1990s?
(a) Racial profiling.
(b) Underreporting crime.
(c) Accepting kickbacks.
(d) Selling confiscated drugs.

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

14. What does Gyges' ring do?
(a) It makes him a giant.
(b) It makes him omniscient.
(c) It makes him immortal.
(d) It makes him invisible.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a group persecuted by the Klan in the twentieth century?

3. In 1960s and 1970s Chicago, what never seemed to happen to street gang members?

4. Which black politician's slim election victory indicates voters might have lied to pollsters?

5. Which of the following is a major reason that the turf war affected JT's profits adversely?

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