David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Test | Final Test - Easy

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 Test | Final Test - Easy

Malcolm Gladwell
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Gladwell say criminals consider the potential consequences when they decide to plan a crime?
(a) He says that they do not consider the consequences really at all.
(b) He says that they are usually blinded by addiction or poverty.
(c) He says that they cannot make good decisions when desperation drives them to crime.
(d) He says that they do a cost-benefit analysis.

2. What western capital does Gladwell say Saigon resembled in the 1960s?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

3. What does Rosemary Lawlor say was the action that started the snowball effect that broke the curfew in Lower Falls?
(a) Women and children offering themselves to British soldiers’ batons.
(b) Women going in pushing prams with provisions.
(c) Women holding a prayer meeting at a road block.
(d) Women throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.

4. What was the occasion that brought the British army into Northern Ireland?
(a) A gun battle in Ballymurphy.
(b) Terrorist attacks in London.
(c) A riot in Lower Falls.
(d) Bombings in Belfast.

5. What innovation did Freireich make in terms of treating infections in Leukemia patients?
(a) To treat infections locally instead of holistically.
(b) To skip antibiotics for more chemotherapy.
(c) To match the antibiotic to the infection.
(d) To give a combination of antibiotics at the same time.

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

7. How does Gladwell characterize the procedures Freireich was performing on his patients?
(a) Industry.
(b) Science.
(c) Research.
(d) Torture.

8. How does Gladwell characterize the mistake the British made in Northern Ireland?
(a) They should have raised the stakes by taking hostages.
(b) They should have established their authority.
(c) They should have taken a firmer hand.
(d) They should have negotiated through channels.

9. What percentage of prominent people had lost a parent by age 20, according to psychologist Marvin Eisenstadt?
(a) 15%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 25%,
(d) 75%.

10. Who does Gladwell say took in the Jews in France?
(a) The rich.
(b) The poor.
(c) Marginal people.
(d) The middle class.

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

12. Where did Gouré typically interview the Viet Cong?
(a) In their villages.
(b) In the countryside.
(c) In Saigon.
(d) In military prisons.

13. What kind of officers does Gladwell say were attracted to K-9 duty?
(a) Thugs.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Straight shooters.
(d) Career policemen.

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

15. When does Gladwell say “things got worse” in Northern Ireland (199)?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gladwell say even our understanding of the David and Goliath dynamics, and the advantages of small guerilla forces, not change the way we conduct wars like Vietnam?

2. What role does Gladwell say Gouré liked to play in Paris?

3. Who helped Derksen get over the resentment she felt about her daughter’s killer’s sexual sadism?

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

5. How many people does Gladwell say General Freeland brought in, to subdue a population of 8,000 in Lower Falls?

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