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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not among the universities listed as names chosen by parents in California in the 1990s?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Stanford.

4. A quoted study in the text suggest that the United States would have to pay 46 billion dollars to save what animal from extinction?
(a) The humpbacked whale.
(b) The grey wolf.
(c) The snow leopard.
(d) The spotted own.

5. Which of the following is not a commodity that exists as a low-income version of a more high-end item?
(a) Crack cocaine.
(b) The name Tiffany.
(c) The station wagon.
(d) Nylon stockings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which group generally tests highest?

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

4. What basketball player's recollections does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., cite in his paper "The Economics of 'Acting White'"?

5. What do the authors acknowledge that objective thinking will not do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action do the authors of FREAKONOMICS think a reader might take after finishing the book?

2. How do the authors explain the correlation between number of books and achievement?

3. How do the authors explain the above contradiction in fears?

4. By what rational do Levitt and Dubner reason that even a cynical person would not consider abortion a reasonable deterrent to crime?

5. What national trends regarding crime in the nineties belie the relevance of the Giuliani-Bratton strategy?

6. What hypothetical comparison do the authors create between two boys' upbringings?

7. What policy recommendations do the authors make regarding their theories?

8. What is the history behind the emergence of distinctly black names in America?

9. What theory guided Rudolph Giuliani and William Bratton in their policing strategies of the Nineties?

10. What point to Dubner and Levitt make regarding guns and swimming pools?

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