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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. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) 1962.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) 1988.

2. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?
(a) The opportunity to spend 1,000 hours on programming.
(b) The opportunity to spend 15,000 hours on programming.
(c) The opportunity to spend 10,000 hours on programming.
(d) The opportunity to study the results of his coding.

3. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?
(a) In the top 25 percent of university computer programs.
(b) Just beginning.
(c) The best in the world.
(d) In the top 10 percent of university computer programs.

4. Where does this band get their start playing?
(a) Hamburg, Germany.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) Birmingham, England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

2. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

3. What company does Joy co-found?

4. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?

5. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?

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