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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lois Weisberg occupies how many different social circles, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. Howard Levanthal distributed pamphlets to seniors about what kind of vaccinations, according to the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Polio.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Herpes.

3. What researcher from Syracuse University showed that of the three major news outlets, Peter Jennings showed a bias in the presidential elections of the 1980s?
(a) John Potterat.
(b) Tom Gau.
(c) Mark Alpert.
(d) Brian Mullen.

4. When was Paul Revere born?
(a) 1756.
(b) 1734.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1719.

5. How many people admitted to witnessing the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) 16.
(b) 41.
(c) 12.
(d) 38.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philip Zimbardo is president of what project at the university where he works?

2. When did the show Sesame Street premiere?

3. Each episode of Blue’s Clues airs for how many consecutive days?

4. What refers to a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when an animal observes the same action performed by another?

5. What was Joan Ganz Cooney’s first television program?

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