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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 cultural legacy among Asian peoples does Gladwell discuss?
(a) Honor.
(b) Rice paddies.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) Samurai.
2. What is one group of people worldwide who have developed the culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
(a) Herding groups.
(b) Mining groups.
(c) Industrial groups.
(d) Farming groups.
3. What are people quick to do in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
(a) Defend their families.
(b) Defend their country.
(c) Put away their money.
(d) Defend their land.
4. When does Korean Airline flight 801 crash?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1988.
(d) 2002.
5. Where is the burden of understanding placed in a conversation between two Koreans?
(a) The listener.
(b) It depends on the relative social status of the two who are interacting.
(c) Equally between the listener and speaker.
(d) The speaker.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the experimenters know if the men's hormone levels rise?
2. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?
3. What is one way in which Flom's life is affected by the second lesson of Joe Flom?
4. What do the men have to do after performing the task asked of them?
5. Where does it crash?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the term "Power Distance Index" and who coins the term.
2. How do Korean Airlines change their bad record of crashes?
3. What experiment do Dov Cohen and Richard Nisbett conduct in the 1990s?
4. What is Gladwell's general premise about the connection between growing rice and the success of Asian peoples?
5. Why doesn't Joe Flom work for a large, prestigious law group when he graduates from law school?
6. How does Harlan gain notoriety in its early days?
7. What is entailed in growing rice?
8. How do the students at KIPP Academy differ from those of other public schools?
9. Who is Joe Flom?
10. How does understanding math relate to growing rice?
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