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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 is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?
(a) 17-19.
(b) 14-15.
(c) 12-14.
(d) 21-25.

2. Through what age range are the school children tracked?
(a) From very young through into their adult lives.
(b) From very young up until graduation from high school.
(c) From very young until ninth grade.
(d) From very young until graduation from college.

3. What is the conclusion Terman comes to about high IQ children?
(a) They succeed fifty percent more often than other children.
(b) They succeed or fail at the same rate as other children.
(c) They succeed just five percent more often than other children.
(d) They actually fail more often than other children.

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

5. 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) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langan display at a very young age?

2. Who is Stewart Wolf?

3. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?

4. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?

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

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