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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 was the result when Montreal police went on strike for 16 hours in 1969?
(a) A spike in bank robberies and street crime.
(b) A few additional robberies.
(c) Fewer crimes.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary.

2. How does Gladwell characterize Derksen’s decision to forgive her daughter’s murderer?
(a) To claim a higher power.
(b) To walk away from the promise of power.
(c) To detach herself from her feelings.
(d) To abandon her moral center.

3. How does Gladwell characterize art in the Impressionists’ Paris?
(a) A profession like medicine or law.
(b) A hobby.
(c) A curiosity.
(d) A form of self-abasement.

4. How does Wyatt Walker characterize the situation he was facing in Bull Connor?
(a) He says that it was a unique problem to solve.
(b) He says that it was not a moral situation.
(c) He says that it was proof of higher laws.
(d) He says that it was technical puzzle.

5. How far does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence took his troops into the desert, to circumvent the city of Aqaba?
(a) 750 miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 1,000 miles.
(d) 600 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say Goliath’s attendant was acting as?

2. How did police find the man who killed Derksen’s daughter?

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

4. How does Gladwell characterize Leon Gouré?

5. Why does Gladwell say that it is preferable to study science at a less competitive school?

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