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

2. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?
(a) The U.S. and UK.
(b) Greece and Iceland.
(c) Germany and France.
(d) Argentina and Japan.

3. When did France fall to Germany in World War 2?
(a) December, 1941.
(b) June 1940.
(c) September, 1939.
(d) April, 1940.

4. What childhood trauma did Dr. Freireich’s wife Haroldine share with him?
(a) Extreme poverty.
(b) A parent who killed themselves.
(c) Growing up in a war zone.
(d) Suffering abuse in school.

5. How does Wyatt Walker characterize the situation he was facing in Bull Connor?
(a) He says that it was not a moral situation.
(b) He says that it was technical puzzle.
(c) He says that it was a unique problem to solve.
(d) He says that it was proof of higher laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do after he stuns Goliath?

2. How does Gladwell characterize “disagreeableness” (118)?

3. What does Gladwell say led to the “unexpected freedom” that Wyatt Walker felt, in stirring up trouble with Bull Connor (173)?

4. How does Gladwell characterize the Brer Rabbit tales for the people who told them?

5. What percentage of people does Gladwell say voted for the Three Strikes Law in the state-wide referendum?

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