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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Langan grow up?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) South Dakota.

2. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?
(a) Most are all at least 70 kg. in weight.
(b) Most are at least 180 cm. tall.
(c) Most are all born close to midnight.
(d) Most are born in the first three months of the year.

3. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?
(a) They will be more often on the fringes of society.
(b) They will be social misfits.
(c) They will be successful adults.
(d) They will be the ones who create most of the inventions that are patented.

4. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?
(a) In the top 25 percent of university computer programs.
(b) Just beginning.
(c) In the top 10 percent of university computer programs.
(d) The best in the world.

5. What college does Joy attend?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Stanford.
(c) UCLA.
(d) UC Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?

2. How does Terman find appropriate subjects for his research?

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

4. What does Oppenheimer succeed in getting himself appointed as?

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

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