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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter nine: André Trocmé, and Afterword: Konrad Kellen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of prominent people had lost a parent by age 20, according to psychologist Marvin Eisenstadt?
(a) 25%,
(b) 15%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 75%.

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

3. Who did T. E. Lawrence lead against the Turks?
(a) Arabs.
(b) Kurds.
(c) Syrians.
(d) Palestinians.

4. How does Gladwell characterize Konrad Kellen’s temperament?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Fiercely independent.
(c) A meticulous worker.
(d) A quiet team player.

5. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?
(a) Greece and Iceland.
(b) The U.S. and UK.
(c) Argentina and Japan.
(d) Germany and France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was police officer Joanna Jaffe trying to show the community of Brownsville that the police were on their side?

2. What does Derksen say the consequences of ongoing anger would have been?

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

4. When does Gladwell say “things got worse” in Northern Ireland (199)?

5. How does Gladwell characterize the Londoners’ response to the bombing?

(see the answer key)

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