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

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

3. What does Gladwell say Roseto, Pennsylvania is an example of?
(a) A place with above average numbers of high achievers.
(b) A failure in public welfare.
(c) An outlier.
(d) A progressive town.

4. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(b) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
(c) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(d) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.

5. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?
(a) Medicine Wheel.
(b) Wolf Moon Raiders.
(c) Medicine Hat Tigers.
(d) Coyote of Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wolf learn when he examines the diets of the people of Roseto?

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

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

4. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

5. How does the country which Gladwell is discussing determine the cut-off date for hockey players?

(see the answer key)

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