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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?
(a) 17-19.
(b) 12-14.
(c) 21-25.
(d) 14-15.

4. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?
(a) They will be more often on the fringes of society.
(b) They will be social misfits.
(c) They will be successful adults.
(d) They will be the ones who create most of the inventions that are patented.

5. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?
(a) Codes for the university's grades.
(b) Codes for the university's class schedules.
(c) Codes for using all the available programs.
(d) Unlimited time on the computer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

2. Who is Anders Ericcson?

3. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?

4. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?

5. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origination of the title of this chapter, "The Matthew Effect"?

2. Who is Bill Joy and what did he do?

3. How does Joy and some of his fellow students make it possible to use the computers more than is allowed and what is the result?

4. When are most of Canada's best hockey players born, and why does Barnley think that is so?

5. What does Gladwell say Langan does not seem to be able to do?

6. What does Gladwell say a surface examination of the Canadian hockey league system would suggest?

7. What is Langan working on and when does he expect to publish it?

8. What did the experiment track and what are the results?

9. What is the 10,000-Hour Rule?

10. Why is the local physician's claim unusual, and what does Wolf decide to do?

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