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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 is the other half of the Matthew effect?
(a) A high IQ can hinder some types of success.
(b) Intimidation is not always something you consciously do.
(c) Those who have little will lose even that small amount.
(d) Academy awards do not necessarily go to the best movies.

2. Where is Harlan?
(a) In Western Tennessee.
(b) Near the border of Kentucky and Illinois.
(c) In southwestern Kentucky.
(d) On the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky.

3. Who settles Harlan?
(a) Dutch immigrants.
(b) Scottish immigrants.
(c) British immigrants from the norther part of the British Isles.
(d) Irish immigrants.

4. What does Lewis Terman begin doing in the 1920s?
(a) Following the lives of very intelligent children.
(b) Trying to measure resistance to intelligence.
(c) Trying to develop a non-biased IQ test.
(d) Trying to raise IQ scores through rigorous training.

5. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?
(a) Luck.
(b) Practical intelligence.
(c) Being an entrepreneur.
(d) High intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?

2. Who is Chris Langan?

3. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?

4. Where does Langan end up living?

5. Why does Langan lose his scholarship?

(see the answer key)

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