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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Oscar Danilo Blandon claim that he sold such extensive quantities of crack cocaine in the late 1970s?
(a) To pay off his gambling debts.
(b) To fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
(c) To provide a safer cocaine product than free-base.
(d) To undermine community leadersin Los Angeles.

2. By how many percentage points did unemployment drop in America drop during the sudden curb of violent crime in the Nineties?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

4. What was the well-publicized theory that informed the new policing strategies in New York in the Nineties?
(a) The repeat offender theory.
(b) The borken window theory.
(c) The empowerment-disempowerment theory.
(d) The community development theory.

5. Informational asymmetry indicates the use of information for what?
(a) Monetary profit.
(b) Accumulation of power.
(c) Bettering of a culture.
(d) Leveling of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the median annual income of the neighborhood in which the Black Gangster Disciple Nation operates?

2. Which of the following is not a profession that the authors indicate has been adversely affected by the Internet?

3. The amount of money spent on every season's election campaigns is the same as the amount spent by Americans yearly on what?

4. On average, how many more days does a real estate agent generally keep her own house on the market as opposed to someone else's?

5. As of 2004, roughly how many fetuses have been aborted in America?

(see the answer key)

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