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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 was the occasion that brought the British army into Northern Ireland?
(a) Bombings in Belfast.
(b) A gun battle in Ballymurphy.
(c) A riot in Lower Falls.
(d) Terrorist attacks in London.

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

3. How does Gladwell characterize André Trocmé?
(a) A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
(b) A violent man conquered by God.
(c) A blessing of a man.
(d) A sinner turned saint.

4. How does Gladwell say General Freeland’s search for weapons in Lower Falls turned into a riot and battle?
(a) Freeland’s men were ambushed by the IRA.
(b) Freeland’s men killed a priest on their way out of the neighborhood.
(c) Freeland’s men committed atrocities against the people, then bragged of it.
(d) Freeland’s men stopped to fight instead of just leaving.

5. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?
(a) Society needs to replicate them.
(b) Society needs them.
(c) Society needs to cure them.
(d) Society needs to regulate them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of image does Gladwell say General Freeland wanted to convey to the northern Irish?

3. How many children does Gladwell say were in jail after the first day of Wyatt Walker’s protests in Birmingham?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gladwell explain Freireich’s wife’s bond to him?

2. How does Gladwell explain the trait that allowed Londoners to go about their business during the Blitz?

3. What is the lesson Gladwell derives from the video of the third-grade classroom from the Curry School of Education?

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

5. What does Stella get wrong about teaching in the video Gladwell refers to, from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?

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

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

8. How did Freireich compensate for the isolation that came from experimenting in the way he did?

9. How does Gladwell see Wyatt Walker setting up the photo of the dog attack as evidence of the same law he see in dyslexics succeeding in spite of their condition?

10. Why does Gladwell say the Nazis did not come to Le Chambon and make an example of the town?

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