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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Jerry Sandusky's final position with the state university football team for whom he worked for decades?
(a) Defensive coordinator.
(b) Physical therapist.
(c) Head coach.
(d) Offensive coordinator.

3. What type of scheme was Madoff responsible for engineering?
(a) Tax.
(b) Ponzi.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Bank robbery.

4. Gladwell asserts that it is impossible to feel what emotion while watching an episode of Friends?
(a) Longing.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Glee.

5. What is the first name of the man named Nassar who worked with the U.S. women's sports team for decades?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Harry.
(c) Barry.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Madoff arrested for his financial crimes?

2. In what setting is Markopoulos known as a quant?

3. What word immediately came to Mitchell's mind when he saw KSM for the first time?

4. What types of people served as Levine's research subjects as described in Chapter 3: "The Queen of Cuba"?

5. In what type of environment do judges rely on nonverbal cues to make their decisions?

(see the answer key)

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