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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Daddy Mention.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Simon LaGre.
(d) Superman.

2. What event in California has allowed two Enron traders to jack up energy prices int he dialogue of this chapter?
(a) A wildfire.
(b) A heatwave.
(c) A plane crash.
(d) An earthquake.

3. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?
(a) 5%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 7%.
(d) 3%.

4. How many Americans use dating websites every year?
(a) 40 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 75 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which black politician's slim election victory indicates voters might have lied to pollsters?

2. Which racist American figure is the focus of the final passage of this chapter?

3. Which economist and philosopher does Levitt cite at the end of his introduction?

4. According to James Alan Fox in 1995, what is the minimum rise in violent crime to be expected in the next decade?

5. Which two cities does Levitt compare in his discussion of police population versus murder rate?

(see the answer key)

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