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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. Why does Gladwell say David Boies applied for law school?
(a) Because he loved research.
(b) Because he had always been disputatious.
(c) Because he did not need a B.A. to get in.
(d) Because he had a friend who encouraged him to apply.

2. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, when the weaker countries use guerilla tactics, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?
(a) 55%.
(b) 29%.
(c) 63%.
(d) 44%.

3. Why does Gladwell say Goliath said that David was coming at him with multiple sticks?
(a) Because Goliath was dizzy from the altitude.
(b) Because David was moving too quickly to be seen in detail.
(c) Because he had double vision and saw two of David’s shepherd’s staff.
(d) Because David was carrying several staffs as weapons.

4. How does Gladwell characterize art in the Impressionists’ Paris?
(a) A hobby.
(b) A curiosity.
(c) A profession like medicine or law.
(d) A form of self-abasement.

5. What does Gladwell say is the best way to raise test scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test?
(a) To give the test on no sleep.
(b) To give the test with music playing.
(c) To print the test in faint print.
(d) To print the test on colored paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles a day does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence’s troops could cover?

2. What does Gladwell say caused Goliath’s enormous size?

3. Where does Gladwell say dyslexic kids are more likely to end up?

4. Which of the impressionists does Gladwell describe as the “easygoing urchin” (64)?

5. How many paintings would painters submit to the Salon each year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three kinds of warriors whom Baruch Halpern says balance each other?

2. What are the physiological flaws Gladwell identifies in Goliath’s body type?

3. What were the advantages Lawrence of Arabia’s force had, compared to the Turks?

4. How does Gladwell say dyslexia helped prepare David Boies to be a trial lawyer?

5. What are the factors that this conventional wisdom overlooks, in Gladwell’s account?

6. What is the moral of the parable Gladwell tells about the Impressionist painters?

7. What does Gladwell say leads people to adopt David’s strategies?

8. What does Gladwell say is the advantage David has over Goliath?

9. What does Gladwell say is Gary Cohn’s emotional relationship with the daring leaps he took, to get himself into trading, from selling aluminum siding?

10. What is “relative deprivation” (77)?

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