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

2. What kind of improvement in outcomes does Caroline Hoxby correlate class size to?
(a) A wide variety of outcomes, better and worse.
(b) Worse outcomes.
(c) No change.
(d) Better outcomes.

3. What does Gladwell say the average class size used to be at Shepaug Valley Middle School?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

4. What does Gladwell say is the benefit of bigger classes?
(a) More diversity.
(b) More attention for each student.
(c) More resources for each student.
(d) Less stress on the teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What modern weapon does Gladwell compare David’s slung stone to?

2. Where does Gladwell say dyslexics’ neurons get “lost along the way” (99)?

3. Which of the impressionists does Gladwell describe as the “easygoing urchin” (64)?

4. How many questions do students get in the Cognitive Reflection Test?

5. How does “relative deprivation” explain the greater sense of dissatisfaction in the Air Force than in the Military Police, according to Sam Stouffer’s study (78)?

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