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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7, The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say about the residents of Roseto as far as their health?
(a) They are poorer than average compared to other Americans.
(b) He does not mention their health.
(c) They are average compared to other Americans.
(d) They are remarkably healthy compared to other Americans.

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

3. Who is Stewart Wolf?
(a) A sociologist.
(b) One of Gladwell's co-researchers.
(c) A physician and professor.
(d) A lawyer.

4. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?
(a) In the top 10 percent of university computer programs.
(b) In the top 25 percent of university computer programs.
(c) The best in the world.
(d) Just beginning.

5. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(b) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(c) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.
(d) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first half Matthew effect?

2. What does Gladwell call the culture of many people who settle in Kentucky?

3. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

4. When does Korean Airline flight 801 crash?

5. Where does it crash?

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