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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. Who is the author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood?
(a) Rebecca Wells.
(b) Darnell McGee.
(c) Barbara Flagg.
(d) David Gunn.

2. What imposes automatic punishment for infractions of a stated rule with the intention of eliminating undesirable conduct?
(a) Terrorism threat.
(b) No Authority Clause.
(c) Zero tolerance.
(d) Ambiguity.

3. According to the author in Chapter 7, even as the amount of advertising against smoking increases, what also increases?
(a) Suicides.
(b) Tobacco marketing.
(c) Adult smoking.
(d) Teen smoking.

4. Who is the creative director of the Lambesis Agency?
(a) Chad Farmer.
(b) Tom Gao.
(c) Todd Kessler.
(d) David Gunn.

5. On a personal level, a typical person claims about how many close relationships, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Methodism’s founder?

2. One of the researchers who rode in the needle exchange vans in Baltimore to interview super-exchangers was an epidemiologist by what name?

3. The founder of Methodism died in what year?

4. Who became director the of the New York City Subway system at the height of the crime problems, according to the author in Chapter 4?

5. What refers to the science or study of the origin, development, organization and functioning of human society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to the author, gives teens “psychological permission” to smoke?

2. Who did Airwalk employ as a connector, according to the author in Chapter 6? Why?

3. How does the author describe the work of Robin Dunbar in Chapter 5?

4. How does the author describe the publication of Rebecca Wells's novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood in Chapter 5?

5. How does the author describe the incident that made Bernie Goetz famous?

6. What key figures in trends does the author describe in Chapter 6?

7. How did crime in New York change in the decade after the Bernie Goetz case? Why do most people believe this change happened?

8. What is channel capacity, and what importance does it have, according to the author?

9. How does the author describe the importance of groups in Chapter 5?

10. What example does the author present from Micronesia in the beginning of Chapter 7?

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