David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Malcolm Gladwell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Malcolm Gladwell
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter nine: André Trocmé, and Afterword: Konrad Kellen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gladwell say Martin Luther King Jr. prepared his team for their trip to Birmingham?
(a) By reading mock eulogies for each of them.
(b) By praying to God for guidance
(c) By telling the team to leave if they were afraid.
(d) By giving their spouses bonuses before they left.

2. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?
(a) Society needs to cure them.
(b) Society needs them.
(c) Society needs to regulate them.
(d) Society needs to replicate them.

3. What does Sean MacStiofain say revolutions are caused by, in the first place?
(a) Collapses in markets.
(b) State-sanctioned injustice.
(c) Brutality of governments.
(d) Increasing strictness in policing.

4. Where is Shepaug Valley Middle School?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

5. Where does Gladwell say dyslexics’ neurons get “lost along the way” (99)?
(a) They form behind the eyes.
(b) In their ventricles.
(c) They get into the blood.
(d) In their brain stems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gladwell say was the ring-leader of the Impressionist group that met at Café Guerbois?

2. How does Gladwell characterize general Freeland’s tour of the deserted streets of Lower Falls?

3. How much does Gladwell say Goliath’s armor likely weighed?

4. How much of a basketball court does Gladwell say most teams concede to their opponents?

5. How many lives does Gladwell say Reynolds feel like he saved?

(see the answer key)

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