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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 did early American educational theorists claim about education?
(a) Anyone can attain a high level of excellence if s/he works hard enough.
(b) Too much education is not good for average people.
(c) Not everyone who is educated is wise.
(d) Education is not for those who prefer the school of hard knocks.

2. Why do farmers in Europe in the Middle Ages go into a sort of hibernation state?
(a) To rest for the hard work in the Spring.
(b) To keep their bodies from overwork.
(c) To keep from starving.
(d) To conserve energy and to eat less.

3. What cultural legacy among Asian peoples does Gladwell discuss?
(a) Samurai.
(b) Honor.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Rice paddies.

4. What does Gladwell say about reading schools at the end of one year compared to at the beginning of the next year?
(a) The smartest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(b) The poorest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(c) The most average studentsstudents make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(d) Only the very brightest students students make progress in their reading skills over the summer.

5. Where is the burden of understanding placed in a conversation between two Koreans?
(a) It depends on the relative social status of the two who are interacting.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The listener.
(d) Equally between the listener and speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who utters an audible insult to some of the men in the experiment?

2. Why does the pilot have difficulty seeing the runway?

3. What are people quick to do in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

4. How are these proxy wars characterized?

5. What is not unique in Harlan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joe Flom?

2. What is the second part of the experiment and the final result?

3. Describe the plane crash of Korean Airlines Flight 801 in 1997.

4. How does understanding math relate to growing rice?

5. What is the third lesson of Joe Flom?

6. What is entailed in growing rice?

7. What experiment do Dov Cohen and Richard Nisbett conduct in the 1990s?

8. Why doesn't Joe Flom work for a large, prestigious law group when he graduates from law school?

9. What is KIPP and who are its students?

10. What evidence is there that summer vacations may be hindering the success of many students?

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