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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 does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?
(a) How to use innate intelligence even if you do not have a high IQ.
(b) Why highly intelligent people are seldom successful.
(c) The rest of Terman's story.
(d) The rest of Langan's story.

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

3. What company does Joy co-found?
(a) IBM.
(b) Sun Microsystems.
(c) Intel.
(d) Microsoft.

4. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.
(b) They are called first to play on teams.
(c) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(d) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.

5. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?
(a) Several sociology professors.
(b) A local physician.
(c) A local politician.
(d) Several local ministers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?

3. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?

4. In what year does Joy start college?

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

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