Read the excerpt from freakonomics. now let’s look at the win-loss percentage between the 7–7 wrestlers and the 8–6 wrestlers the next time they meet, when neither one is on the bubble. in this case, there is no great pressure on the individual match. so you might expect the wrestlers who won their 7–7 matches in the previous tournament to do about as well as they had in earlier matches against these same opponents—that is, winning roughly 50 percent of the time. you certainly wouldn’t expect them to uphold their 80 percent clip. as it turns out, the data show that the 7–7 wrestlers win only 40 percent of the rematches. eighty percent in one match and 40 percent in the next? how do you make sense of that? which type of evidence does the authors use in this excerpt to support the claim that some sumo wrestlers will intentionally lose a match?

Read this excerpt from act ii, scene iv, of william shakespeare's romeo and juliet: nurse: now, afore god, i am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. scurvy knave! pray you, sir, a word: and as i told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bade me say, i will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young; and, therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing. romeo: nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. i protest unto thee— nurse: good heart, and, i' faith, i will tell her as much: lord, lord, she will be a joyful woman. what does the excerpt reveal about the character of the nurse? a. the nurse is loyal to the capulet family and therefore discourages romeo and juliet from falling in love. b. the nurse is loyal to the montague family and therefore the young lovers get together. c. the nurse wants to mend the feud between the two families by encouraging the love between romeo and juliet. d. the nurse believes that romeo and juliet are too young to understand the obstacles they will face in the future. e. the nurse feels protective of juliet and therefore questions romeo about his intentions toward her.