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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what crime-ridden neighborhood did Venkatesh do his graduate research?
(a) South Chicago.
(b) The South Bronx.
(c) East St. Louis.
(d) South Central Los Angeles.

2. In his introduction, what does Levitt say he wants to replace with honest assessment?
(a) Conventional wisdom.
(b) Moral posturing.
(c) Social bias.
(d) Dogma.

3. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The benefit of the uninitiated.
(b) A personal agenda.
(c) The furthering of the status quo.
(d) The greater good.

4. What does Gyges' ring do?
(a) It makes him immortal.
(b) It makes him omniscient.
(c) It makes him invisible.
(d) It makes him a giant.

5. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
(a) Elephantisis.
(b) Colic.
(c) Malnourishment.
(d) Diarrhea.

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

7. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?
(a) 1986.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1996.

8. Why did Oscar Danilo Blandon claim that he sold such extensive quantities of crack cocaine in the late 1970s?
(a) To fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
(b) To pay off his gambling debts.
(c) To provide a safer cocaine product than free-base.
(d) To undermine community leadersin Los Angeles.

9. In summation, what does Levitt claim was the source of the Klan's power in the twentieth century?
(a) Well-placed friends.
(b) Cashflow.
(c) Intimidation.
(d) Information.

10. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) Gibbons v. Ogden.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

11. On average, how many more days does a real estate agent generally keep her own house on the market as opposed to someone else's?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

12. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?
(a) Hyperstatistic.
(b) Droog.
(c) Enhanced threat.
(d) Superpredator.

13. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Custodial staff.
(b) Visiting employees.
(c) Low level employees.
(d) Executives.

14. What surprising fact about themselves do 7% of the men in the dating-site study reveal on their profiles?
(a) They are only interested in one race of mate.
(b) They are overweight.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are impotent.

15. What is the median annual income of the neighborhood in which the Black Gangster Disciple Nation operates?
(a) 21,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 8,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a major reason that the turf war affected JT's profits adversely?

2. How many Americans use dating websites every year?

3. Informational asymmetry indicates the use of information for what?

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

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

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