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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1, The Matthew Effect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the leading killer of men under the age of 65 in the 1950s?
(a) Infectious diseases.
(b) Car accidents.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Stroke.

2. How are children grouped to play hockey in the country Gladwell discusses?
(a) By class.
(b) By region.
(c) By size.
(d) By age.

3. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.
(b) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.
(c) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(d) They are called first to play on teams.

4. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(b) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(c) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
(d) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.

5. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?
(a) Teach hockey in colleges.
(b) Play professionally.
(c) There is no common thing that some of the young people do.
(d) Coach professional hockey teams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stewart Wolf?

2. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?

3. What do Barnsley and a colleague find when they do further investigation into the entire country's professional hockey teams?

4. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?

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

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