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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many deaths does Gladwell say British war planners expected in London in the first week of the German Blitz?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 750,000.

2. How does Gladwell characterize Leon Gouré?
(a) A bookish expert.
(b) A confident ladies man.
(c) A swashbuckling military man.
(d) A hard-nosed businessman.

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

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

5. When was Mike Reynolds’ daughter Kimber shot and killed?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1979.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1992.

6. How does Gladwell characterize general Freeland’s tour of the deserted streets of Lower Falls?
(a) Like a lord surveying his manor.
(b) Like a raj on a tiger hunt.
(c) Like a warden managing a prison.
(d) Like a tourist appreciating the sights.

7. What percentage of people does Gladwell say voted for the Three Strikes Law in the state-wide referendum?
(a) 72%.
(b) 53%.
(c) 61%.
(d) 88%.

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

9. What is Wilma Derksen’s religious background?
(a) Mennonite.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Atheist.

10. What kind of image does Gladwell say General Freeland wanted to convey to the northern Irish?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Patience.
(c) Toughness.
(d) Relentlessness.

11. How does Rosemary Lawlor explain why she was hooked on fighting the British?
(a) She said the pay was good, for insurgent families.
(b) She said that she had already lost everything, so she might as well fight.
(c) She said that the northern Irish resistance fighters treated her well.
(d) She said an injustice was thrust on her and she had to do something.

12. How does Gladwell characterize Wyatt Walker’s reaction to the police brutality in Birmingham?
(a) He was appalled.
(b) He was terrified.
(c) He was excited.
(d) He was deeply concerned.

13. What does Derksen say the consequences of ongoing anger would have been?
(a) Losing her soul.
(b) Losing her husband and children.
(c) Turning away from God’s grace.
(d) Belittling herself.

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

15. How many people does Gladwell say General Freeland brought in, to subdue a population of 8,000 in Lower Falls?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 800.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,400.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unexpected reaction does Gladwell describe London residents having to the Blitz?

2. What was the British army doing in Lower Falls, Belfast, while they instituted the curfew?

3. 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?

4. Where did Leon Gouré’s people come from?

5. By what factor does Gladwell say the California prison population expanded in the ten years after Three Strikes passed?

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