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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. Who are the Borgenichts?
(a) A family of vintners in New York.
(b) A group who eschew luxury.
(c) A family in the garment industry in New York.
(d) A family of lawyers from New England.

2. What do the pilots instruments indicate?
(a) He is lower than he expects to be.
(b) He is higher than he expects to be.
(c) He is out of fuel.
(d) He has lots of fuel.

3. What does Gladwell call the culture of many people who settle in Kentucky?
(a) Culture of belief.
(b) Culture of religion.
(c) Culture of knowledge.
(d) Culture of honor.

4. What did the early American educational theorists claim about long hours of school?
(a) It keeps young people out of trouble.
(b) It endgenders a strong working ethic.
(c) It engenders strong morals.
(d) It results in over stimulating the mind.

5. What is the most important thing in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
(a) Loyalty to country.
(b) Loyalty to clan or family.
(c) Love of the land.
(d) Frugal living.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?

2. What is the PDI of people of the United States?

3. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

4. What pattern does Gladwell examine in Kentucky?

5. How do the experimenters know if the men's hormone levels rise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Korean Airlines change their bad record of crashes?

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

3. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

4. What is entailed in growing rice?

5. What are proxy wars?

6. What is KIPP and who are its students?

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

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

9. Who is Joe Flom?

10. Explain the term "Power Distance Index" and who coins the term.

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