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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 does the town of Roseto have in great abundance when Wolf is conducting his investigations?
(a) A sense of community.
(b) Money.
(c) Structure.
(d) Leisure time.

2. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Naples.
(b) Lucera.
(c) Roseto.
(d) Rome.

3. What is the Memorial Cup?
(a) The highest trophy of the Russian Hockey League.
(b) The highest trophy of the Canadian Hockey League.
(c) The highest trophy of the Swedish Hockey League.
(d) The highest trophy of the American Hockey League.

4. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.
(b) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.
(c) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.
(d) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.

5. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?
(a) An American version of their Italian homeland.
(b) An experiment in liberality.
(c) An American version of the structure of European society.
(d) An experiment in moving from a lower to middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?

2. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

3. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?

4. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?

5. What is the first half Matthew effect?

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