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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 has a threshold?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Statistics.
(c) The accuracy of IQ tests.
(d) Intelligence.

2. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?
(a) A blessing.
(b) A curse.
(c) An advantage.
(d) A liability.

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 at least 180 cm. tall.
(c) Most are born in the first three months of the year.
(d) Most are all born close to midnight.

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

5. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?
(a) Wolf Moon Raiders.
(b) Medicine Hat Tigers.
(c) Coyote of Fortune.
(d) Medicine Wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does this band get their start playing?

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

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

4. Through what age range are the school children tracked?

5. What does Gladwell say Roseto, Pennsylvania is an example of?

(see the answer key)

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