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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term did James Alan Fox use to describe the spike in crime he predicted in the mid 1990s?
(a) Cataclysm.
(b) Free-for-all.
(c) Bloodbath.
(d) Armageddon.

2. At the end of this chapter, Levitt compares an aspiring parent to what equally deluded hypothetical figure from earlier in the book?
(a) An uncharismatic politician.
(b) A drug soldier.
(c) A real estate agent.
(d) A 7-7 sumo wrestler.

3. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?
(a) Cracker.
(b) Fuck you.
(c) None of the above.
(d) What does that mean?

4. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?
(a) Terry Malloy.
(b) Apollo Creed.
(c) Jake LaMotta.
(d) Rocky Balboa.

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 public figure that the author mentions as a wealthy man purchasing public office?

2. What is the main reason that the price of crack cocaine began to drop in the Nineties?

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

4. In the authors' hypothetical comparison of two boys' lives, where does the poor black boy grow up?

5. According to Levitt, what do humans primarily respond to?

(see the answer key)

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