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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6, Harlan, Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Statistics.
(c) The accuracy of IQ tests.
(d) Intelligence.

2. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?
(a) South.
(b) Midwest.
(c) North.
(d) They are all equally angry.

3. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) Stanford.
(c) MIT.
(d) UCLA.

4. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?
(a) The importance of upper body strength to a rock climber.
(b) The importance of good looks for acting.
(c) The importance of height to a basketball player.
(d) The importance of muscle to a football player.

5. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
(b) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(c) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(d) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?

2. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?

3. What computer language does Joy help create?

4. What do the ask some college-aged men to do?

5. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

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