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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, Sesame Street limited itself by appealing to what?
(a) Children of urban areas.
(b) Children of lower classes.
(c) An adult sense of humor.
(d) Children of upper classes.

2. Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in what neighborhood of Queens, New York?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Rockaway Beach.
(c) Kew Gardens.
(d) Greenpoint.

3. The author points out that the outbreak of syphilis in Baltimore slowed during what season?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

4. According to one study, frequent viewers of Peter Jennings were more likely to vote for whom in the 1980s?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Dan Quayle.
(d) Bill Clinton.

5. What refers to a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when an animal observes the same action performed by another?
(a) Mirror neuron.
(b) Mimicry neuron.
(c) Atomic neuron.
(d) Neuron reverberation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early research for Sesame Street showed that children watch what they understand and look away when?

2. On what television station does Blue’s Clues air?

3. What researcher from Johns Hopkins University blames the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore on the breakdown of medical services in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, according to the author in Chapter 1?

4. What New York City Subway train was Bernie Goetz riding when he was mugged?

5. The young men who attempted to mug Bernie Goetz were from where?

(see the answer key)

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