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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They are called first to play on teams.
(c) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(d) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.

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

3. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?
(a) Codes for using all the available programs.
(b) Codes for the university's class schedules.
(c) Unlimited time on the computer.
(d) Codes for the university's grades.

4. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?
(a) Teach hockey in colleges.
(b) There is no common thing that some of the young people do.
(c) Play professionally.
(d) Coach professional hockey teams.

5. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?
(a) The importance of good looks for acting.
(b) The importance of muscle to a football player.
(c) The importance of upper body strength to a rock climber.
(d) The importance of height to a basketball player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first half Matthew effect?

2. Where does Langan once make an appearance that Gladwell mentions?

3. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?

4. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?

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

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