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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. From what country did the two heroes who tackled Brock Turner originally hail?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Sweden.

2. For how many years had Mitchell been studying interrogation techniques before he questioned KSM?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 23.
(d) 4.

3. At the time when they met, Jensen and Mitchell both worked for which branch of the U.S. military?
(a) Coast guard.
(b) Air force.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

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

5. What percentage of the survey respondents equated gaze aversion with dissembling behavior?
(a) 58.
(b) 34.
(c) 98.
(d) 87.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gladwell states that judges rely heavily on what kind of evidence?

3. For how many weeks did KSM endure interrogation before he began to talk?

4. Gladwell states that Part Three of the book attempts to answer what kind of puzzle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Over what element does Gladwell say interrogators and terrorists continually battle?

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

3. Describe the survey of attitudes about deception discussed in Chapter 7: "A (Short) Explanation of the Amanda Knox Case."

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

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

6. 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?

7. Who is Emily Doe?

8. What conclusion did James Mitchell and Bruce Jensen reach regarding the three most effective interrogation techniques?

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

10. What word came to James Mitchell's mind the first time he met KSM?

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