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

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

3. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) German immigrants.
(c) Italian immigrants.
(d) Swedish immigrants.

4. Who is Roger Barnsley?
(a) A German psychiatrist.
(b) A Swedish exercise physiologist.
(c) A British hockey coach.
(d) A Canadian psychologist.

5. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.
(b) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.
(c) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.
(d) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first half Matthew effect?

2. What does the town of Roseto have in great abundance when Wolf is conducting his investigations?

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

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

5. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?

(see the answer key)

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