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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. What do the Borgenichts have that is in demand in the United States?
(a) Skills as tailors.
(b) Skills as artists.
(c) Knowledge of wine making.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is Langan unprepared to do?
(a) Accept mediocrity.
(b) Push past his fears.
(c) Assert himself in an urban setting.
(d) Work hard.

3. What does a feudal lord take from his farmers?
(a) The larger portion of their crops.
(b) None of the crops.
(c) A small portion of their crops.
(d) About half of the farmers' crops.

4. How many of the musicians make it to the highest level of musicianship through talent alone?
(a) 0 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

5. What firms are run by Christian men who live in the suburbs?
(a) Black shoe law firms.
(b) Black tie law firms.
(c) White shirt law firms.
(d) White shoe law firms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say Asian cultures value?

2. Why does Langan drop out of the second college he attends?

3. Who are the Howards and Turners?

4. Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?

5. Why do farmers in Europe in the Middle Ages go into a sort of hibernation state?

(see the answer key)

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