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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. How many times in total did Neville Chamberlain spend time with Adolf Hitler?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

2. Which one of the following people was the only one to meet Adolf Hitler in person?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Mussolini.

3. In which city did Madoff operate?
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Chicago.

4. How did the majority of the world react when they read Aspillaga's written work?
(a) They were shocked.
(b) They were angry.
(c) They were sad.
(d) They felt validated.

5. How did Hitler respond to the question about whether he intended to be satisfied once he had taken Sudetenland?
(a) He said he would not stop until he had conquered the world.
(b) He said he would stop after that.
(c) He said it would be up to Goebbels.
(d) He said he had not yet decided.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many million people within Montezuma II's kingdom died as a result of the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his men?

2. In what year did Neville Chamberlain first travel to Germany?

3. At what house number on Downing Street did Neville Chamberlain live?

4. In what year did suspicions first begin to grow around Madoff's business dealings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry Markopoulos?

2. What is a yurodiry?

3. What is the symbolism of the handshake described in Chapter 2: "Getting to Know der Fuhrer"?

4. In which era did large numbers of Cuban refugees defect from Cuba and why?

5. Which aspect of the indictment against Jerry Sandusky disturbed McQueary and why?

6. Who is Tim Levine and what does he do?

7. In what year was the first complaint made against Jerry Sandusky and when was he arrested?

8. What fact does Gladwell find odd about Adolf Hitler, as described in Chapter 2: "Getting to Know der Fuhrer"?

9. In what way does Gladwell portray miscommunication as dangerous in Chapter 2: "Getting to Know der Fuhrer"?

10. Who is Michael McQueary, as described in Chapter 5: "The Boy in the Shower"?

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