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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) Oklahoma State University.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Montana.

2. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?
(a) Parental support.
(b) Practice.
(c) Innate ability.
(d) Exposure at an early age.

3. What does Oppenheimer succeed in getting himself appointed as?
(a) The leader of the Manhattan Project.
(b) The CIA couterintelligence division.
(c) A professorship at MIT.
(d) The FBI's forensics unit.

4. Where does Langan once make an appearance that Gladwell mentions?
(a) A television quiz show.
(b) A group of anthropologists in Brazil.
(c) A chess meet.
(d) A Senate investigation committee.

5. Where does Langan earn a scholarship to college?
(a) Oregon State.
(b) Reed.
(c) MIT.
(d) UCLA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a proxy war?

2. What do Koreans and Colombians have in common?

3. Who is Roger Barnsley?

4. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?

5. What is Langan unprepared to do?

(see the answer key)

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