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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?
(a) Teach hockey in colleges.
(b) There is no common thing that some of the young people do.
(c) Coach professional hockey teams.
(d) Play professionally.

2. What does Wolf investigate among the families of Roseto?
(a) Their diet.
(b) Their family history.
(c) Their outlooks on life.
(d) Their income status.

3. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Wool.
(b) Slate quarry.
(c) Wine.
(d) Farming.

4. When does this band seem to come out of nowhere to rocket to stardom?
(a) Mid-1980s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) Late 1950s.

5. Who is Bill Joy?
(a) A entrepreneur in the field of art.
(b) An Apple programmer.
(c) A computer programmer.
(d) A entrepreneur in the field of sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?

2. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?

3. What does Gladwell say one has to have to gain success?

4. What was the leading killer of men under the age of 65 in the 1950s?

5. What health issue is rarely seen in Roseto at the time Wolf visits the town?

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