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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2, The 10,000-Hour Rule.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?
(a) Practice.
(b) Exposure at an early age.
(c) Innate ability.
(d) Parental support.

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

3. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?
(a) Most are all at least 70 kg. in weight.
(b) Most are born in the first three months of the year.
(c) Most are all born close to midnight.
(d) Most are at least 180 cm. tall.

4. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?
(a) Death rate from heart disease.
(b) Divorce rate.
(c) Suicide rate.
(d) Death rate from strokes.

5. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.
(b) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.
(c) They are called first to play on teams.
(d) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bill Joy?

2. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?

3. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?

4. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?

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

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