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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bouts does a sumo wrestler have to win in order for his ranking to rise?
(a) 8.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

2. What action led to a reduction in blood donors in the 1970s?
(a) An STD test.
(b) Monetary compensation.
(c) Donors' names listed in the local paper.
(d) A new type of needle.

3. What comedic Hollywood icon does Levitt quote regarding honesty in this chapter?
(a) Buster Keaton.
(b) W.C. Fields.
(c) Stan Laurel.
(d) Soupy Sales.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gyges' ring do?

3. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?

4. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?

5. How does Paul Feldman view humanity as a result of his business records?

(see the answer key)

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