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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. How does Gladwell say Ranadivé’s opponents responded to his strategy?
(a) They improved their skills.
(b) They fouled more.
(c) They adapted.
(d) They got angry.

2. What danger does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence’s men encountered along the way to Aqaba?
(a) Land mines.
(b) Enemy spies.
(c) Poisonous snakes.
(d) Enemy aircraft.

3. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?
(a) A half.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A fifth.
(d) A third.

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

5. What trend does Gladwell say the notion of “relative deprivation” also explains?
(a) Low turnover in non-union jobs.
(b) Low unionization rates in industrialized countries.
(c) High suicide rates in happy countries.
(d) High job satisfaction rates in miserable jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence’s force lost, in capturing those men?

2. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, when the weaker countries use guerilla tactics, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?

3. Who does Gladwell say was the ring-leader of the Impressionist group that met at Café Guerbois?

4. When did the Impressionists go out on their own, and form their own exhibition?

5. Who was the king of the Israelites when David fought Goliath?

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