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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a group persecuted by the Klan in the twentieth century?
(a) Union organizers.
(b) Methodists.
(c) Jews.
(d) Immigrants.

2. According to James Alan Fox in 1995, what is the minimum rise in violent crime to be expected in the next decade?
(a) 25%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 5%.

3. According to the authors, what euphemism means that a house is largely dilapidated?
(a) Fixer upper.
(b) Well-maintained.
(c) Rustic.
(d) Spare.

4. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?
(a) They have been better educated.
(b) They were never born.
(c) They had less access to weapons.
(d) They were incarcerated at a younger age.

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

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

7. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1996.

8. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?
(a) The fear of paying a large fine.
(b) The fear of going to jail.
(c) The fear of public ridicule.
(d) The fear of losing one's family.

9. In 1920, how many black children out of 100 died in infancy?
(a) 13 of 100.
(b) 45 of 100.
(c) 24 of 100.
(d) 2 of 100.

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

11. Which of the following real estate terms indicates that a home buyer should bid low?
(a) Fantastic.
(b) State-of-the-art.
(c) Maple.
(d) Corian.

12. The authors compare the risk of a crack dealer in JT's gang to the most dangerous job in America. What is that job?
(a) Big city police officer.
(b) Deep sea fisherman.
(c) Timber cutter.
(d) Coal miner.

13. How much did JT's revenue increase over the four year period chronicled in Booty's financial records?
(a) It remained mostly consistent.
(b) It quadrupled.
(c) It tripled.
(d) It doubled.

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

15. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?
(a) He feeds an entire village.
(b) He murders the king.
(c) He starts a war.
(d) He sleeps for twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?

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

3. What does Gyges' ring do?

4. According to the authors, what is the easiest way to ensure your will not get a good response to your dating profile?

5. In 1987, why did many people stop claiming fake children on their tax returns?

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