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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 ultimately happened after Montezuma II was taken hostage by the Spanish?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He was set free.
(c) He was beaten.
(d) He was tortured.

2. Over which people did Montezuma II reign?
(a) The Moors.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The Incas.
(d) The Mayans.

3. What was the first name of the Cuban dictator named Castro?
(a) Fidel.
(b) Pablo.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Paolo.

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

5. In which month of the year did Neville Chamberlain first travel to Germany?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of the man named Nassar who worked with the U.S. women's sports team for decades?

2. How many times did Hitler stand up an appointment to have tea with a particular world leader?

3. What position did Michael McQueary once play on his university's football team?

4. In what decade did Cubans begin to flee from the regime headed by Castro?

5. In which century did Montezuma II and Hernan Cortes meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry Markopoulos?

2. Around what singular incident does Gladwell see the whole book revolving, as described in the introduction, "Step Out of the Car"?

3. To what location was General Aspillaga posted and how did it change his outlook?

4. What did Michael McQueary observe in 2001 that was later brought up in a 2017 trial?

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

6. What was Montezuma II's ultimate fate?

7. Who is Bernie Madoff?

8. Describe the structure of the trivia test used by Levine.

9. What is a yurodiry?

10. Who was Fidel Castro?

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