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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 find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.
(b) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.
(c) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.
(d) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.
2. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?
(a) In the top 25 percent of university computer programs.
(b) Just beginning.
(c) In the top 10 percent of university computer programs.
(d) The best in the world.
3. Why does Langan lose his scholarship?
(a) His mother does not turn in required paperwork.
(b) He fails to work the amount of hours he is supposed to.
(c) He will not major in what is required by the scholarship.
(d) His grades fall.
4. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(b) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(c) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.
(d) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
5. How are children grouped to play hockey in the country Gladwell discusses?
(a) By class.
(b) By age.
(c) By size.
(d) By region.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?
2. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
3. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
4. What does Langan do after dropping out of the second college?
5. Where does this band get their start playing?
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