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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter six: Wyatt Walker.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gladwell say the “remote misses” felt after surviving a bombing (132)?
(a) Religious.
(b) Invincible.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Grateful.

3. What does Gladwell say Goliath’s attendant was acting as?
(a) His visual guide.
(b) His protector.
(c) His arms bearer.
(d) His water bearer.

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

5. According to Gladwell, where did most Salon paintings take their themes from?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Live forms.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Gladwell say Goliath’s armor likely weighed?

2. Where does Gladwell say local slingers played a decisive role against an invading army?

3. What does Gladwell get wrong about Affirmative Action?

4. Why dose Gary Cohn say he left school?

5. How many deaths does Gladwell say British war planners expected in London in the first week of the German Blitz?

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