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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. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the requirement that his school ring its bell to commemorate the anniversary of the Vichy regime?
(a) He said that he refused to ring it.
(b) He said that the bell was broken.
(c) He said that the bell belonged to God.
(d) He said that he confused the dates.

2. What was the breakthrough that set up the confrontation that led to Bill Hudson getting his famous photo?
(a) The black community rallied around a false alarm.
(b) The weather was beautiful, bringing people out to the streets and the protest.
(c) The police let child protestors get past them.
(d) The media mistook reported huge numbers of protestors who were actually bystanders.

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

4. What does Gladwell say the British war planners feared from German aerial bombardment in London?
(a) Panic.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Lawlessness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bill Hudson take the famous photo of the dog attacking the peaceful protestor?

2. How many lives does Gladwell say Reynolds feel like he saved?

3. What does Gladwell say geniuses require that prodigies do not?

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

5. How does Gladwell characterize the British army in their role in northern Ireland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How dos Gladwell distinguish between geniuses and prodigies?

5. What was Mike Reynolds’ reaction when his daughter Kimber was shot and killed by a meth addict?

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

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

8. What does Gladwell say would have happened had the Nazis killed André Trocmé?

9. How does Gladwell say successful dyslexics typically feel about wishing dyslexia on their children?

10. What were the effects of the Three Strikes law that turned public opinion against it, and led to its being “radically scaled back” (248)?

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