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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. What does Gladwell say one has to have to gain success?
(a) High intelligence and a good family life.
(b) High intelligence and motivation.
(c) Just smart enough.
(d) Just high intelligence.

2. Who is Roger Barnsley?
(a) A British hockey coach.
(b) A Canadian psychologist.
(c) A German psychiatrist.
(d) A Swedish exercise physiologist.

3. 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.

4. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Roseto.
(b) Rome.
(c) Naples.
(d) Lucera.

5. What does Lewis Terman begin doing in the 1920s?
(a) Trying to develop a non-biased IQ test.
(b) Trying to measure resistance to intelligence.
(c) Trying to raise IQ scores through rigorous training.
(d) Following the lives of very intelligent children.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?

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

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

4. What does Gladwell say about the residents of Roseto as far as their health?

5. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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