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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What childhood trauma did Dr. Freireich’s wife Haroldine share with him?
(a) Extreme poverty.
(b) Growing up in a war zone.
(c) A parent who killed themselves.
(d) Suffering abuse in school.

4. How does Gladwell characterize the Londoners’ response to the bombing?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Panic.
(d) Terror.

5. How does Gladwell characterize the Brer Rabbit tales for the people who told them?
(a) Promises.
(b) Prophecies.
(c) Negotiations.
(d) Wish fulfillments.

6. How does Gladwell say “Stella” has lost her class’ attention in the video of her classroom from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?
(a) By failing to strongly lay down the rules.
(b) By doing a terrible job of teaching.
(c) By constantly changing the activities.
(d) By micromanaging her students’ activities.

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

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

9. Where did Gouré typically interview the Viet Cong?
(a) In military prisons.
(b) In their villages.
(c) In Saigon.
(d) In the countryside.

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

11. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the Nazi requirement to salute the Nazi flag at the school?
(a) They saluted the French flag instead.
(b) They refused to fly the flag.
(c) They did not have a flagpole.
(d) They refused to salute.

12. Where did Leon Gouré’s people come from?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) The U.S.
(d) Russia.

13. When does Gladwell say the Troubles started in Northern Ireland?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1968.

14. How does Gladwell characterize Wyatt Walker?
(a) A mischief maker.
(b) A bully.
(c) A friendly giant.
(d) An absolutist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gladwell characterize André Trocmé?

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

3. How does Gladwell characterize Konrad Kellen’s temperament?

4. What message did Kellen bring to the U.S. government about the Viet Cong?

5. What western capital does Gladwell say Saigon resembled in the 1960s?

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