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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 does Gladwell say Freireich’s mother did to keep the family together?
(a) Move in with her parents.
(b) Start a business.
(c) Work 18 hour days.
(d) Marry rich.

2. How does Gladwell characterize the building the Paris Salon was held in?
(a) A commodious hall.
(b) An enormous barn.
(c) A sprawling complex.
(d) An intimate gallery.

3. Who helped Derksen get over the resentment she felt about her daughter’s killer’s sexual sadism?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A fetishist she met online.
(c) A woman from her church.
(d) A policeman.

4. How does Gladwell say Martin Luther King Jr. prepared his team for their trip to Birmingham?
(a) By giving their spouses bonuses before they left.
(b) By telling the team to leave if they were afraid.
(c) By reading mock eulogies for each of them.
(d) By praying to God for guidance

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Birmingham’s reputation in America at the time Hudson took his photo?

2. What percentage of wars were won by weaker countries, when the weaker countries use guerilla tactics, according to Ivan Arreguin-Toft?

3. What does Gladwell say geniuses require that prodigies do not?

4. What does Gladwell say is the benefit of bigger classes?

5. Derksen was prepared to forgive her daughter’s killer until she realized what?

(see the answer key)

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