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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. How do the experimenters know if the men's hormone levels rise?
(a) Sweat breaking out on the face.
(b) Red in face.
(c) Blood work.
(d) Saliva sample.

2. What does Korean airlines determine about their flight crew members?
(a) They are average for the airline industry.
(b) They are some of the best trained in the airline industry.
(c) They are unhappy.
(d) They are inattentive and undertrained.

3. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?
(a) It is a fairly simple system.
(b) It requires very little attention.
(c) It requires very little water.
(d) It is a complicated system.

4. How many crashes has Korean Airlines experienced in the past twenty years at the time of this study?
(a) 3.
(b) Numerous.
(c) Just that one.
(d) 2.

5. Where do Cohen and Nisbett conduct an experiment?
(a) University of Maine.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) University of Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Suren Ratwatte's area of expertise?

2. What cultural legacy among Asian peoples does Gladwell discuss?

3. When is Harlan settled?

4. From what are of the world are the highest-scoring students in the field of math?

5. What is the most important thing in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harlan gain notoriety in its early days?

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

3. Where is Harlan, and who settled it?

4. Who is Joe Flom?

5. How do the students at KIPP Academy differ from those of other public schools?

6. What does Gladwell think is the cause of families feuding?

7. How is a work ethic related to growing rice?

8. How does understanding math relate to growing rice?

9. What does Gladwell say about early American educational theorists?

10. What are proxy wars?

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