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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 what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?
(a) The importance of muscle to a football player.
(b) The importance of upper body strength to a rock climber.
(c) The importance of good looks for acting.
(d) The importance of height to a basketball player.

2. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.
(b) There is no correlation between hockey and 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.

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

4. Who are the Borgenichts?
(a) A family in the garment industry in New York.
(b) A group who eschew luxury.
(c) A family of vintners in New York.
(d) A family of lawyers from New England.

5. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
(a) Just names and hometown.
(b) Just names and position.
(c) Just birth date.
(d) Names, position, birth date, hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the pilot described?

2. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?

3. What do the ask some college-aged men to do?

4. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

5. Of what does Gladwell say he hopes his readers are skeptical?

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