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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Barnsley and a colleague find when they do further investigation into the entire country's professional hockey teams?
(a) Most are all born close to midnight.
(b) Most are born in the first three months of the year.
(c) Most are at least 180 cm. tall.
(d) Most are all at least 70 kg. in weight.

3. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?
(a) An American version of their Italian homeland.
(b) An experiment in liberality.
(c) An American version of the structure of European society.
(d) An experiment in moving from a lower to middle class.

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

5. Where does Langan end up living?
(a) Rural South Dakota.
(b) Rural Mississippi.
(c) Rural Wyoming.
(d) Rural Missouri.

6. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Naples.
(b) Roseto.
(c) Rome.
(d) Lucera.

7. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?
(a) Academy awards do not necessarily go to the best movies.
(b) Those who have little will lose even that small amount.
(c) A high IQ can hinder some types of success.
(d) Intimidation is not always something you consciously do.

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

9. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) Italian immigrants.
(c) Swedish immigrants.
(d) German immigrants.

10. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?
(a) Coyote of Fortune.
(b) Medicine Wheel.
(c) Medicine Hat Tigers.
(d) Wolf Moon Raiders.

11. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(b) They are called first to play on teams.
(c) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.
(d) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.

12. Why does Langan lose his scholarship?
(a) He fails to work the amount of hours he is supposed to.
(b) His mother does not turn in required paperwork.
(c) His grades fall.
(d) He will not major in what is required by the scholarship.

13. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?
(a) Being an entrepreneur.
(b) High intelligence.
(c) Luck.
(d) Practical intelligence.

14. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1988.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1950s.

15. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) The accuracy of IQ tests.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?

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

3. What does Gladwell say one has to have to gain success?

4. What computer language does Joy help create?

5. What does Oppenheimer have difficulty with when he is young?

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