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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter two: Teresa DeBrito.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metric does Gladwell say Hoxby used in evaluating class size?
(a) He does not define a metric.
(b) Grade point average.
(c) Graduation rates.
(d) Retention rates.

2. What does David do after he stuns Goliath?
(a) Stabs him in the heart.
(b) Cuts off his head.
(c) Makes him his slave.
(d) Releases him.

3. How does Gladwell say Goliath expected to fight?
(a) On a balance beam.
(b) In pitched battle.
(c) In a measured ring.
(d) At close quarters.

4. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, when the weaker countries use guerilla tactics, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?
(a) 44%.
(b) 29%.
(c) 63%.
(d) 55%.

5. What technical aspect of the game of basketball did Ranadivé take advantage of?
(a) Tolerances for double dribbles.
(b) Numbers of technical fouls allowed per player.
(c) Time limits for inbound passes.
(d) Time limits for shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?

2. What does Gladwell say the average class size used to be at Shepaug Valley Middle School?

3. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?

4. Why does Gladwell say Goliath wanted David to come to him?

5. In the English expression Gladwell quotes, how many generations does it take for families who get rich to be poor again?

(see the answer key)

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