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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter seven: Rosemary Lawlor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell get wrong about Affirmative Action?
(a) It is not still running.
(b) It is not for poor students.
(c) It is more effective than he gives credit for.
(d) It is not just for African-American students.

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

3. Where does David’s stone hit Goliath?
(a) Heart.
(b) Nose.
(c) Jaw.
(d) Forehead.

4. How does Gladwell say Leites and Wolf characterize the problem of establishing order, in their report Rebellion and Authority?
(a) As a question of personal connections.
(b) As a question of transcendent ideals.
(c) As a question of abstract values.
(d) As a question of calculating costs and benefits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosemary Lawlor explain why she was hooked on fighting the British?

2. How does Gladwell characterize art in the Impressionists’ Paris?

3. What does Gladwell say dyslexia is?

4. Gladwell says that 77% of Americans would rather decrease class size than do what?

5. When did Bill Hudson take the famous photo of the dog attacking the peaceful protestor?

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