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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $65,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $30,000.

2. Which economist and philosopher does Levitt cite at the end of his introduction?
(a) Jeremy Bentham.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) John Stuart Mill.
(d) Adam Smith.

3. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They never administer the test.
(b) They read the answers to the children.
(c) They erase wrong answers.
(d) They allow children to have books out.

4. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?
(a) They were incarcerated at a younger age.
(b) They were never born.
(c) They had less access to weapons.
(d) They have been better educated.

5. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?
(a) He readministers tests.
(b) He freezesall standardized testing in Chicago.
(c) He fires 12 teachers.
(d) He buries the report.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two philosophers does Levitt cite who subscribe to the belief that people are inherently good?

2. Which of the following is not affected by the rank of a sumo wrestler?

3. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?

4. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?

5. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?

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