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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 does Wolf learn when he examines the diets of the people of Roseto?
(a) Their diet is very low fat.
(b) Their diet includes fatty and rich foods.
(c) Their diet is 90 percent vegetarian.
(d) Their diet is 90 percent grains, dairy and fruits.

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

3. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Canadian.

4. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) Lewis Terman.
(b) Todd Binet.
(c) John Stanford.
(d) Erricsson.

5. What does Gladwell say about the residents of Roseto as far as their health?
(a) They are average compared to other Americans.
(b) They are poorer than average compared to other Americans.
(c) He does not mention their health.
(d) They are remarkably healthy compared to other Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

2. What is Oppenheimer able to do even though he has some disadvantages?

3. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?

4. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?

5. How does the country which Gladwell is discussing determine the cut-off date for hockey players?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Chris Langan?

2. What does Gladwell assert about intelligence and what analogy does he use?

3. With what definition does Gladwell open his book?

4. What does having a high IQ give a person?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What makes Roseto an "outlier" town and how does this fact come to light?

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