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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when an animal observes the same action performed by another?
(a) Mirror neuron.
(b) Atomic neuron.
(c) Neuron reverberation.
(d) Mimicry neuron.

2. What is a trivia game that rests on the assumption that any individual involved in the Hollywood, California film industry can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon?
(a) “Seven Degrees of Separation.”
(b) “Six Degrees of Separation.”
(c) “Ten Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(d) “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”

3. What was the nickname of Darnell McGee?
(a) “Pawn Boy.”
(b) “Big Man.”
(c) “Skater.”
(d) “Boss Man.”

4. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?
(a) 2.
(b) 30.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

5. Roger Horchow scored well over what number on Gladwell's connector test in Chapter 2?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, people are given a random selection of last names from what?

2. In Chapter 2, Gladwell explains the Law of the Few, which he splits further into three classes of people. Which is the third of these?

3. Who was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genovese?

4. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?

5. What is the name of the company that produces Hush Puppies Shoes?

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