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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. What does Langan work on using his intelligence?
(a) A theory to suplement the 100 monkey theory.
(b) A theory of the universe.
(c) A theory of energy.
(d) A theory of instantaneous space travel.

2. When is Joe Flom born?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

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

4. What keeps Langan from talking his way into some class changes at the second college he attends?
(a) A lack of drive.
(b) A lack of social skills.
(c) An inferiority complex.
(d) An unusually strong deference to authority.

5. What makes Wolf think it is not the region that is healthy?
(a) There is a great amount of environmental pollution in that area.
(b) Most of the towns in the region have similar health patterns as the rest of the United States.
(c) There are two nearby towns that have heart disease at higher rates.
(d) He does think the region has some part in the town's health.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?

2. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?

3. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?

4. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?

5. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

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