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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?
(a) The opportunity to spend 10,000 hours on programming.
(b) The opportunity to spend 1,000 hours on programming.
(c) The opportunity to study the results of his coding.
(d) The opportunity to spend 15,000 hours on programming.

2. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?
(a) Stanford.
(b) UCLA.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) MIT.

3. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?
(a) 17-19.
(b) 21-25.
(c) 12-14.
(d) 14-15.

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

5. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?
(a) A blessing.
(b) An advantage.
(c) A curse.
(d) A liability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

2. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

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

4. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?

5. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?

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