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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Lessons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country did Knox's murder trial take place?
(a) Canada.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

2. How many Spanish social scientists visited the Trobriand Islands to study its people?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. The Trobriand Islands have a population of how many thousand people, according to Gladwell?
(a) 5.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

4. In what manner do both children and incredibly stressed adults take the complex figure test mentioned in Chapter 9: "KSM"?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Slowly.
(c) From one side to the other.
(d) Piecemeal.

5. Nassar's job was to provide care for athletes participating in which sport?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Gymnastics.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of folklore does the yurodiry appear, as described in Chapter 4: "The Holy Fool"?

2. How many lives were saved by the actions of Hermanos al Rescate, according to Gladwell?

3. What was the first name of the Cuban spy with the last name Montes?

4. Gladwell asserts that it is impossible to feel what emotion while watching an episode of Friends?

5. What does the final E stand for in the acronym SERE?

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