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

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

3. What computer language does Joy help create?
(a) HTML.
(b) FORTRAN.
(c) JAVA.
(d) COBAL.

4. What does Langan display at a very young age?
(a) Remarkable intelligence.
(b) Average intelligence.
(c) A lack of social skills.
(d) The appearance of being slow.

5. What is the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) A test for behavior psychosis.
(b) A test for intelligence.
(c) A test for mutant genes in a family line.
(d) A test for unusual blood patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?

2. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?

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

4. What does Wolf investigate among the families of Roseto?

5. Where does Langan once make an appearance that Gladwell mentions?

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