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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter four: David Boies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many questions do students get in the Cognitive Reflection Test?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What does Gladwell say dyslexia is?
(a) A problem with reading.
(b) A problem with speaking.
(c) A problem with reading aloud.
(d) A problem in how people hear and manipulate sounds.

3. Why does Gladwell say Boies made a good lawyer?
(a) Because he learned to read more efficiently than most.
(b) Because he was personable and easy for judges to work with.
(c) Because of the strategies he developed to avoid reading.
(d) Because he could collect essential info without reading.

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

5. What percentage of successful entrepreneurs does Gladwell say are dyslexic?
(a) A tenth.
(b) A third.
(c) A half.
(d) A quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gary Cohn get his big break?

2. Which of the Impressionist does Gladwell say would sit moodily in the corner of Café Guerbois?

3. Where is Shepaug Valley Middle School?

4. How does Gladwell characterize the building the Paris Salon was held in?

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

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