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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7, The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Langan work on using his intelligence?
(a) A theory of energy.
(b) A theory to suplement the 100 monkey theory.
(c) A theory of instantaneous space travel.
(d) A theory of the universe.

2. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?
(a) The townspeople are exaggerating their good health.
(b) The statistics have been skewed.
(c) The townspeople are exaggerating their poor health.
(d) It is something about the town itself that keeps its residents free from heart disease.

3. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Wine.
(b) Slate quarry.
(c) Wool.
(d) Farming.

4. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1962.
(d) The 1990s.

5. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?
(a) Divorce rate.
(b) Death rate from heart disease.
(c) Suicide rate.
(d) Death rate from strokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?

2. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?

3. Who is Roger Barnsley?

4. How is Langan's family situated financially?

5. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?

(see the answer key)

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