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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter three: Caroline Sacks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the Impressionists working toward recognition?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1860s.

2. How does Gladwell characterize art in the Impressionists’ Paris?
(a) A profession like medicine or law.
(b) A curiosity.
(c) A hobby.
(d) A form of self-abasement.

3. Which of the impressionists does Gladwell describe as the “easygoing urchin” (64)?
(a) Cézanne.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Manet.
(d) Degas.

4. Where is Shepaug Valley Middle School?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Connecticut.

5. How many paintings would painters submit to the Salon each year?
(a) Ten to twelve.
(b) One.
(c) Five to six.
(d) Two to three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a basketball court does Gladwell say most teams concede to their opponents?

2. According to Gladwell, where did most Salon paintings take their themes from?

3. How old was Gladwell’s powerful Hollywood friend, when he started a snow-shoveling business with other students?

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

5. What metric does Gladwell say Hoxby used in evaluating class size?

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