View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What percentage of people actually pays for Paul Feldman's wares?
(a) 100%,
(b) 12%.
(c) 87%.
(d) 50%.

3. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?
(a) 4%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 10%.

4. Which two cities does Levitt compare in his discussion of police population versus murder rate?
(a) St. Louis and Tulsa.
(b) Denver and Washington, D.C.
(c) San Francisco and Chicago.
(d) Louisville and Portland.

5. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Money.
(c) Patience.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising fact about themselves do 7% of the men in the dating-site study reveal on their profiles?

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

3. Which of the following is not a bit of specialty information Levitt says a real estate owner claims to have?

4. What is the central action of economics?

5. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample