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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter eight: Wilma Derksen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Brian Grazer turn his dyslexia into an advantage?
(a) By learning to listen really well.
(b) By learning to argue for better grades.
(c) By learning to read very deliberately.
(d) By learning roundabout ways to learn.

2. How does Gladwell say “Stella” has lost her class’ attention in the video of her classroom from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?
(a) By micromanaging her students’ activities.
(b) By doing a terrible job of teaching.
(c) By failing to strongly lay down the rules.
(d) By constantly changing the activities.

3. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?
(a) Society needs to replicate them.
(b) Society needs them.
(c) Society needs to regulate them.
(d) Society needs to cure them.

4. Who does Gladwell say served as the “moral compass” of the Impressionists (64)?
(a) Degas.
(b) Manet.
(c) Pisarro.
(d) Renoir.

5. Why dose Gary Cohn say he left school?
(a) He was being bullied.
(b) He was being abused.
(c) He was failing.
(d) He was bored and angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was most likely to be in Harvard’s “happy bottom quarter” (90)?

2. What does Gladwell say is the best way to raise test scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test?

3. How much does Gladwell say Goliath’s armor likely weighed?

4. Why does Gladwell say Boies made a good lawyer?

5. How does Gladwell characterize Freireich’s management style?

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