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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sean MacStiofain say revolutions are caused by, in the first place?
(a) Increasing strictness in policing.
(b) State-sanctioned injustice.
(c) Collapses in markets.
(d) Brutality of governments.

2. What does Gladwell say geniuses require that prodigies do not?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Loving parents.
(c) Supportive surroundings.
(d) Adverse conditions.

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

4. How does Gladwell characterize Freireich’s management style?
(a) Kind.
(b) Volcanic.
(c) Unpredictable.
(d) Patient.

5. What role does Gladwell say Gouré liked to play in Paris?
(a) Competent technocrat.
(b) Charming host.
(c) Renaissance man.
(d) Scholarly consultant.

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

7. Why does Gladwell say people in Lower Falls bought their bread daily?
(a) Because it would go moldy in such a damp environment.
(b) Because there were so many good bakeries.
(c) Because cash flow was always an issue.
(d) Because it was one of the only things they had to eat, and there was never enough of it.

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

9. What unexpected reaction does Gladwell describe London residents having to the Blitz?
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Simple kindnesses.
(c) Philosophical reflection.
(d) Depression.

10. What message did Kellen bring to the U.S. government about the Viet Cong?
(a) That they were receiving more support than U.S. war planners knew about.
(b) That they were planning to bring the Russians into the war.
(c) That they were running out of material support.
(d) That they would never give up.

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

12. How many lives does Gladwell say Reynolds feel like he saved?
(a) Multiple thousands a month.
(b) Six every day.
(c) One a day.
(d) Hundreds a week.

13. What does Gladwell say was necessary for Wyatt Walker’s “Project C—” to work?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr. needed raise a good amount of money.
(b) The press needed to publish a great photo.
(c) The protestors needed to fill the jails.
(d) Bull Connor had to fight back.

14. What was the lesson Derksen took from the visit from the man whose child had been killed?
(a) Seek justice though it kills you.
(b) Do not let the death be in vain.
(c) Make something good come of this.
(d) Do not end up like this poor man.

15. When does Gladwell say “things got worse” in Northern Ireland (199)?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gladwell characterize Leon Gouré?

2. What percentage of people does Gladwell say voted for the Three Strikes Law in the state-wide referendum?

3. What is Wilma Derksen’s religious background?

4. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the Nazi requirement to salute the Nazi flag at the school?

5. What does Gladwell say kept the Nazis from trying to subdue the Huguenots in Le Chambon?

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