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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 does Gladwell say led to the “unexpected freedom” that Wyatt Walker felt, in stirring up trouble with Bull Connor (173)?
(a) Having behind-the-scenes knowledge of Bull Connor’s plans.
(b) Having friends in high places.
(c) Having nothing left to lose.
(d) Having mass media at his fingertips.

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

3. How tall does Gladwell say the tallest man in the world was?
(a) 9’1”.
(b) 8’11”.
(c) 8’1”.
(d) 7’8”.

4. How many deaths does Gladwell say British war planners expected in London in the first week of the German Blitz?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 750,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?

2. When do dyslexics typically get a diagnosis, according to Gladwell?

3. What error does Gladwell say we make about Goliath?

4. What does Gladwell say the inverted-U curve expresses?

5. In the English expression Gladwell quotes, how many generations does it take for families who get rich to be poor again?

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