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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What health issue is rarely seen in Roseto at the time Wolf visits the town?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Strokes.
(c) Polio.
(d) Lung cancer.

2. What does Oppenheimer have difficulty with when he is young?
(a) His family life.
(b) His social life.
(c) Emotional instability.
(d) School.

3. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?
(a) Russia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Sweden.
(d) The United States.

4. What does Langan display at a very young age?
(a) Average intelligence.
(b) The appearance of being slow.
(c) A lack of social skills.
(d) Remarkable intelligence.

5. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?
(a) The idea of IQ having very litte accuracy.
(b) The subject of IQ.
(c) The school system in which Langan grows up.
(d) The family of geniuses from which Langan comes.

6. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?
(a) Limited access via one computer in the lab.
(b) Loading one application at a time.
(c) Access via the telephone.
(d) Access only via the mainframe.

7. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?
(a) 10,000.
(b) It depends upon how complex the task is.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1,000.

8. What does Oppenheimer succeed in getting himself appointed as?
(a) A professorship at MIT.
(b) The CIA couterintelligence division.
(c) The FBI's forensics unit.
(d) The leader of the Manhattan Project.

9. What is the first half Matthew effect?
(a) Those who have much will get even more.
(b) When you're on a roll, sometimes you win just because your success intimidates.
(c) A high IQ is required for chess success.
(d) If it can't be seen, it can't be talked about and it can't win an Academy award.

10. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?
(a) It is something about the town itself that keeps its residents free from heart disease.
(b) The townspeople are exaggerating their poor health.
(c) The townspeople are exaggerating their good health.
(d) The statistics have been skewed.

11. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Wool.
(b) Slate quarry.
(c) Farming.
(d) Wine.

12. Through what age range are the school children tracked?
(a) From very young through into their adult lives.
(b) From very young until graduation from college.
(c) From very young until ninth grade.
(d) From very young up until graduation from high school.

13. Who is Roger Barnsley?
(a) A Canadian psychologist.
(b) A British hockey coach.
(c) A German psychiatrist.
(d) A Swedish exercise physiologist.

14. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) Oklahoma State University.
(c) University of Montana.
(d) University of Michigan.

15. Where does Langan earn a scholarship to college?
(a) Reed.
(b) UCLA.
(c) MIT.
(d) Oregon State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company does Joy co-found?

2. Who is Anders Ericcson?

3. What college does Joy attend?

4. Where does this band get their start playing?

5. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?

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