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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. Why does Langan drop out of the second college he attends?
(a) He hates the core required courses.
(b) His schedule is not flexible.
(c) He gets in trouble for breaking the rules.
(d) He hates the climate.

2. How are Oppenheimer's social skills?
(a) Poor.
(b) Barely adequate.
(c) Extremely high.
(d) Good.

3. What is the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) A test for behavior psychosis.
(b) A test for mutant genes in a family line.
(c) A test for unusual blood patterns.
(d) A test for intelligence.

4. Who is Chris Langan?
(a) A talk show host who sponsors a show about intelligence.
(b) A man who has possibly the highest IQ of anyone alive.
(c) Gladwell's friend who went through reams of statistics.
(d) An anthropologist who studies native intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first half Matthew effect?

2. What does Langan work on using his intelligence?

3. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?

4. What was the leading killer of men under the age of 65 in the 1950s?

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

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