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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the authors try to determine throughout FREAKONOMICS in order to understand people's motivations?
(a) Fears.
(b) Incentives.
(c) Basic needs.
(d) Belief systems.

2. What language is most strongly represented in the list of the top 20 white girl's names that signify high-education?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Arabic.

3. What often catalyzes a big-city mayor's decision to hire more police?
(a) A large public event.
(b) An upcoming election.
(c) A high-profile murder.
(d) A visit from the President.

4. How many names from the top ten most popular black girls names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

5. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child is regularly spanked.
(b) The child's parents regularly take him to museums.
(c) The child is adopted.
(d) The child's parents regularly read to him.

6. Which ethnicity generally tests better than whites in the ECLS?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Arab-Americans.
(c) Asians.
(d) Blacks.

7. Which group in the book has an organizational structure similar to McDonald's?
(a) The Chicago Public School System.
(b) The Sumo Wrestling League.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Black Gangster Disciple Nation.

8. What now-infamous governor tried to introduce a plan to mail everyone in the state a book every month from birth to kindergarten?
(a) Rod Blagojevich.
(b) Elliot Spitzer.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) Mark Sanford.

9. In what year did the drop in New York violent crime begin in the 1990s?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1990.

10. To what traditionally Jewish name did a New York Sikh change his name upon immigrating to the U.S.?
(a) Katz.
(b) Weiner.
(c) Goldberg.
(d) Rubin.

11. According to Peter Sandman, what is the defining attribute of irrational fears that we have?
(a) They are covered regularly on TV.
(b) They all involve death.
(c) They are out of our control.
(d) They have happened ot someone we know.

12. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?
(a) Fergie.
(b) Prince.
(c) Cher.
(d) Madonna.

13. What Eighties movie comedy was instrumental in the popularity of the name Madison?
(a) The Money Pit.
(b) St. Elmo's Fire.
(c) Splash.
(d) Stripes.

14. What do the authors claim is the essential function of a gun?
(a) To alter the image of its owner.
(b) To disrupt the natural order.
(c) To hunt and defend.
(d) To kill someone.

15. In what country is every adult male issued a gun by the government to keep at home?
(a) Singapore.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Uzbekhistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group in the book was undone by the Superman radio show?

2. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?

3. What ratio does a pro-life individual give to fetuses:newborns in terms of intrinsic worth?

4. What class range does the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study cover?

5. Who was the hypothetical black boy in the Chapter 5 comparison?

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