Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Steven Levitt
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Freakonomics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Norway.
(d) Germany.

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

3. What did the clan call its book of beliefs?
(a) The Kloran.
(b) The Klagavaad Klita.
(c) The Klorah.
(d) The Klible.

4. According to the authors, what is the easiest way to ensure your will not get a good response to your dating profile?
(a) Not posting a photo.
(b) Listing that you are unemployed.
(c) Lying about your weight.
(d) Indicating that you do not want a long-term relationship.

5. What is the name of the first Internet web site to allow consumers to compare life insurance rates?
(a) Quotesmith.
(b) Insurate.
(c) LINational.
(d) CoverageNation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a group persecuted by the Klan in the twentieth century?

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

3. What event in California has allowed two Enron traders to jack up energy prices int he dialogue of this chapter?

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

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