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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1, The Matthew Effect.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?
(a) Those who are the oldest of the year group.
(b) Those whose parents push their child to succeed.
(c) Those who were not premature babies.
(d) Those who are from the middle class and higher.

3. What does the town of Roseto have in great abundance when Wolf is conducting his investigations?
(a) A sense of community.
(b) Money.
(c) Leisure time.
(d) Structure.

4. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
(a) Names, position, birth date, hometown.
(b) Just names and position.
(c) Just names and hometown.
(d) Just birth date.

5. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?
(a) An American version of their Italian homeland.
(b) An experiment in liberality.
(c) An experiment in moving from a lower to middle class.
(d) An American version of the structure of European society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Roger Barnsley?

3. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?

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

5. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?

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