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

2. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?
(a) The last decade of the 19th century.
(b) The first half of the 20th century.
(c) Mid-to late 20th century.
(d) The first decade of the 21st century.

3. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?
(a) The rest of Langan's story.
(b) How to use innate intelligence even if you do not have a high IQ.
(c) Why highly intelligent people are seldom successful.
(d) The rest of Terman's story.

4. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?
(a) The family of geniuses from which Langan comes.
(b) The school system in which Langan grows up.
(c) The idea of IQ having very litte accuracy.
(d) The subject of IQ.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?

3. What computer language does Joy help create?

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

5. What college does Joy attend?

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