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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Hermanos al Rescate planes shot down over the Florida straits?

2. In what setting is Markopoulos known as a quant?

3. What was the first name of the scientist named Levine who studied humans' capacity to detect lies?

4. At what type of institution was Sandra Bland due to start a new job in 2015?

5. What was Jerry Sandusky's final position with the state university football team for whom he worked for decades?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How many times in total did Neville Chamberlain meet with Hitler and why is this fact significant?

4. Which political figure traveled to Germany to meet Hitler in 1938 and why?

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

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

7. What is a yurodiry?

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

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

10. What is significant about the year 1519, as it is described in the introduction to the text?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of Talking to Strangers by researching Gladwell's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Gladwell.

Essay Topic 2

How does Gladwell’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Gladwell’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Gladwell’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Talking to Strangers. How does Gladwell use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

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