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

2. What is the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) A test for mutant genes in a family line.
(b) A test for unusual blood patterns.
(c) A test for intelligence.
(d) A test for behavior psychosis.

3. How are Oppenheimer's social skills?
(a) Good.
(b) Poor.
(c) Extremely high.
(d) Barely adequate.

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

5. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?
(a) Those who were not premature babies.
(b) Those whose parents push their child to succeed.
(c) Those who are from the middle class and higher.
(d) Those who are the oldest of the year group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?

2. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?

3. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?

4. What company does Joy co-found?

5. Where does this band get their start playing?

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