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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?
(a) British.
(b) Canadian.
(c) French.
(d) American.

2. What do Barnsley and a colleague find when they do further investigation into the entire country's professional hockey teams?
(a) Most are born in the first three months of the year.
(b) Most are all at least 70 kg. in weight.
(c) Most are at least 180 cm. tall.
(d) Most are all born close to midnight.

3. What does Langan work on using his intelligence?
(a) A theory of energy.
(b) A theory to suplement the 100 monkey theory.
(c) A theory of the universe.
(d) A theory of instantaneous space travel.

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

5. How is Langan's family situated financially?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Very wealthy.
(d) Very poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?

2. Where does this band get their start playing?

3. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?

4. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test?

5. What does Langan do after dropping out of the second college?

(see the answer key)

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