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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, A Jamaican Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the burden of understanding placed in a conversation between two Koreans?
(a) The speaker.
(b) The listener.
(c) It depends on the relative social status of the two who are interacting.
(d) Equally between the listener and speaker.

2. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?
(a) Why highly intelligent people are seldom successful.
(b) How to use innate intelligence even if you do not have a high IQ.
(c) The rest of Langan's story.
(d) The rest of Terman's story.

3. 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) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.
(c) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.
(d) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.

4. Of what does Gladwell say the average student needs more?
(a) Breaks throughout the year.
(b) Summer break.
(c) Better facilities.
(d) School.

5. Why does Langan drop out of the second college he attends?
(a) His schedule is not flexible.
(b) He hates the core required courses.
(c) He gets in trouble for breaking the rules.
(d) He hates the climate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people quick to do in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

2. What do Barnsley and a colleague find when they do further investigation into the entire country's professional hockey teams?

3. How does Terman find appropriate subjects for his research?

4. What is Joe Flom's occupation?

5. Where is the school that Gladwell focuses on in "Marita's Bargan"?

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