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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say kept the Nazis from trying to subdue the Huguenots in Le Chambon?
(a) A long history of strong Huguenot guerilla fighters.
(b) The strategic insignificance of the Huguenot people.
(c) The Huguenots’ longstanding ties to Nazi sympathizers.
(d) A history of other regimes failing to subdue the Huguenots.

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

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

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

5. How many Londoners said they had not gotten any sleep the previous night, in a poll during the Blitz?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A half.
(c) Three quarters.
(d) A third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the breakthrough that set up the confrontation that led to Bill Hudson getting his famous photo?

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

3. When was Mike Reynolds’ daughter Kimber shot and killed?

4. Who does Gladwell say took in the Jews in France?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladwell credit Bill Hudson’s photo of Walter Gadsden being attacked by the police dog in Birmingham with having done?

2. What was Leon Gouré’s approach to American strategy the war in Vietnam?

3. How dos Gladwell distinguish between geniuses and prodigies?

4. What was Konrad Kellen’s approach to the Vietnam War?

5. Why does Gladwell say that it took the British so long to understand that they were applying too much force in northern Ireland?

6. What was Mike Reynolds' reaction when the disadvantages of the Three Strikes law became apparent?

7. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé subverted the laws in Vichy France?

8. What does Gladwell say happened in Montreal when the police went on strike?

9. In what way does Gladwell say that northern Ireland is just like a kindergarten classroom?

10. In what way does Gladwell say Hudson’s photo is “trickery” (192)?

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