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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Americans use dating websites every year?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 40 million.
(c) 75 million.
(d) 5 million.

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

3. In 1987, why did many people stop claiming fake children on their tax returns?
(a) The government stepped up prosecution of tax violators.
(b) The government bagan a much more thorough census.
(c) They began receiving a much smaller exemption.
(d) They were required to provide a social security number for each.

4. How long does the Black Gangster Disciple Nation hold Venkatesh in the stairwell the first time he happens upon them?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

5. What is the median annual income of the neighborhood in which the Black Gangster Disciple Nation operates?
(a) 21,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 8,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this chapter, Levitt mentions that the average American prostitute makes more than the average American what?

2. What precipitates a member of JT's gang's bringing the Black Gangster Disciple Nation's financial records to Venkatesh?

3. How does Paul Feldman view humanity as a result of his business records?

4. To what organization do the authors immediately compare the Black Gangster Disciple Nation?

5. What did DuPont introduce in 1939 to make stockings more affordable?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stetson Kennedy use the information he compiled about the Ku Klux Klan?

2. What is information asymmetry?

3. What mindset do the authors ask the reader to take at the end of the introduction?

4. What tactics do researchers use to determine if CPS teachers are cheating on standardized tests?

5. What is important to women on dating sites?

6. From what did the Ku Klux Klan derive its power in the twentieth century?

7. Why would a foot soldier risk death or arrest in a gang that pays him less than minimum wage for his labor?

8. What example do the authors use at the end of the chapter to show that people will cheat if they know they won't be caught?

9. To what extent is the winning of a conventional wisdom battle key to achieving public success?

10. How are nylon stockings and crack cocaine similar?

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