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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. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?
(a) Bill Joy.
(b) He founds it by himself.
(c) Steve Jobs.
(d) Paul Allen.

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

3. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?
(a) The opportunity to spend 15,000 hours on programming.
(b) The opportunity to spend 10,000 hours on programming.
(c) The opportunity to study the results of his coding.
(d) The opportunity to spend 1,000 hours on programming.

4. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?
(a) It depends upon how complex the task is.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?
(a) Just beginning.
(b) In the top 25 percent of university computer programs.
(c) The best in the world.
(d) In the top 10 percent of university computer programs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Terman find appropriate subjects for his research?

2. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?

3. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

4. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?

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

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