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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 type of interrogation was Mitchell brought in to perform on KSM?
(a) Extended.
(b) Low pressure.
(c) Interval.
(d) High stakes.

2. Which season of the television show Friends does Gladwell discuss in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?
(a) The 5th.
(b) The 11th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 3rd.

3. During what month of the year did Mitchell first speak to KSM in person?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) March.

4. The sexual assualt committed by Brock Turner occurred nearby what object?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) A dumpster.
(d) A bicycle rack.

5. What substance was used to continually keep the containers full as the trainees conducted their training?
(a) Water.
(b) Vegetable oil.
(c) Milk.
(d) Mud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Daniel Pearl beheaded on video?

2. Mitchell first spoke to KSM what year?

3. In what year did Spanish social scientists conduct a study of the population of the Trobriand Islands?

4. In what type of body of water are the Trobriand Islands located?

5. Brock Turner was sentenced to how many months in prison for his crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and what does it measure?

2. To which element does Gladwell point when he names the number one contributor to the problem of sexual assault?

3. Who is Meredith Kercher?

4. What is the symbolism of Amanda Knox's utterance "Ta-dah," (177) according to Gladwell?

5. For what purpose was James Mitchell called upon by the U.S. government in March of 2003?

6. For what reason did two social scientists visit the Trobriand Islands in 2013?

7. What statistic does Gladwell provide in Chapter 8: "The Fraternity Party" to support his claim that sexual assault is a problem in the modern age?

8. How long did it take for interrogators to get KSM to talk and why?

9. What does the acronym SERE stand for?

10. Which group took the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and experienced surprising results?

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