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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Methodism’s founder?
2. What occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience?
3. The young men who attempted to mug Bernie Goetz were from where?
4. What imposes automatic punishment for infractions of a stated rule with the intention of eliminating undesirable conduct?
5. How many farmers in Green County, Iowa were studied in the hybrid corn seed analysis discussed in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What theory does Gladwell introduce to explain the change in New York City crime in Chapter 4?
2. How does the author describe the success of book clubs in Chapter 5?
3. What is channel capacity, and what importance does it have, according to the author?
4. How does the author describe the importance of groups in Chapter 5?
5. How does the author describe New York City crime when Bernie Goetz’s case took place?
6. How does the author describe the obstacle in anti-smoking campaigns with teens?
7. How does the author describe the work of Robin Dunbar in Chapter 5?
8. How did crime in New York change in the decade after the Bernie Goetz case? Why do most people believe this change happened?
9. What key figures in trends does the author describe in Chapter 6?
10. Who did Airwalk employ as a connector, according to the author in Chapter 6? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the murder of Kitty Genovese and the bystander effect. Who coined the terms “bystander effect” and "Genovese syndrome"? What are more recent examples of this phenomenon? If Genovese had been in a different environment, would it have affected her murder? How does the Power of Context apply to other situations similar to the Kitty Genovese murder?
Essay Topic 2
Define the broken windows theory and analyze it as it applies in your contemporary world. What are some examples in your day-to-day life that you can see this theory play out? How and when can the effects of the broken windows theory be seen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. Who claims to have first originated the game? What are the rules entailed? What statistics surround the game? Why does Kevin Bacon work for this game better than some other actors? How does this game illustrate the power of connectors?
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