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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6, Harlan, Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Chris Langan?
(a) A man who has possibly the highest IQ of anyone alive.
(b) An anthropologist who studies native intelligence.
(c) Gladwell's friend who went through reams of statistics.
(d) A talk show host who sponsors a show about intelligence.

2. When is Harlan settled?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1890.

3. Where is Harlan?
(a) Near the border of Kentucky and Illinois.
(b) In southwestern Kentucky.
(c) In Western Tennessee.
(d) On the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky.

4. What does Oppenheimer succeed in getting himself appointed as?
(a) The FBI's forensics unit.
(b) A professorship at MIT.
(c) The CIA couterintelligence division.
(d) The leader of the Manhattan Project.

5. Where does Langan once make an appearance that Gladwell mentions?
(a) A television quiz show.
(b) A group of anthropologists in Brazil.
(c) A Senate investigation committee.
(d) A chess meet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

2. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?

3. How are children grouped to play hockey in the country Gladwell discusses?

4. In what year does Joy start college?

5. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?

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