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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what resource are several groups battling, according to Gladwell in Chapter 9: "KSM"?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Truth.
(c) Death.
(d) Survival.

2. In what year was Brock Turner arrested for sexual assault?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2011.

3. Out of every five females, how many say that they have been the victims of sexual assault?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. What does the S in KSM stand for?
(a) Standard.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Sheikh.
(d) Sartre.

5. What does the final E stand for in the acronym SERE?
(a) Eradication.
(b) Erosion.
(c) Evasion.
(d) Escape.

6. Gladwell refers back to Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy" when he states, "If you buy into the Friends fallacy, you will make mistakes like" (177) the case involving which person?
(a) Anna Nicole Smith.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Michael Peterson.
(d) Amanda Knox.

7. In what year was Daniel Pearl beheaded on video?
(a) 2012.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2005.

8. What does the S stand for in the acronym SERE?
(a) Survival.
(b) Snare.
(c) Share.
(d) Satisfaction.

9. In what country was Knox living and going to school at the time when her roommate Meredith was murdered?
(a) The United States.
(b) South Korea.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

11. In what year did Spanish social scientists conduct a study of the population of the Trobriand Islands?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2019.

12. Which person is described as being immune to waterboarding?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Reagan.
(c) KSM.
(d) Jensen.

13. Into what type of containers were SERE trainees placed?
(a) Sinks.
(b) Barrels.
(c) Vats.
(d) Tubs.

14. For which newspaper did Daniel Pearl work?
(a) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Cascadia Weekly.

15. What kind of doctor was Mitchell at the time he first met KSM?
(a) A pediatrician.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A podiatrist.
(d) A cardiologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of test is the complex figure test discussed in Chapter 9: "KSM"?

2. In what country was Daniel Pearl being held at the time of his beheading?

3. In what month of the year was Brock Turner arrested for sexual assault?

4. For how many years was Amanda Knox imprisoned before she was released?

5. Near the end of Chapter 8: "The Fraternity Party," Gladwell states his opinion that the number one contributor to sexual assault is what?

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