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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. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?
(a) Practical intelligence.
(b) Being an entrepreneur.
(c) Luck.
(d) High intelligence.

2. What is Oppenheimer able to do even though he has some disadvantages?
(a) Make a game plan and stick to it.
(b) Believe in the basic goodness in people.
(c) Believe in himself.
(d) Convince people to help him.

3. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?
(a) MIT.
(b) Stanford.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) UCLA.

4. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?
(a) An American version of their Italian homeland.
(b) An experiment in liberality.
(c) An American version of the structure of European society.
(d) An experiment in moving from a lower to middle class.

5. Where does Langan grow up?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Montana.
(d) Wyoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What computer language does Joy help create?

2. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?

3. Who is Bill Joy?

4. Why does Langan despair of publishing his theory?

5. In what year does Joy start college?

(see the answer key)

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