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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. What rank did Aspillaga hold within the Cuban military at one time, according to Chapter 1: Fidel Castro's Revenge?

2. What type of physical greeting did Neville Chamberlain exchange with Adolf Hitler when they first met?

3. What language did Montezuma II speak?

4. What agency was eventually revealed to have had a whole network of spies working inside the Cuban government?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Nahuatl?

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

4. What claim did Hitler make that was wholly believed by his visitor, as described in Chapter 2: "Getting to Know der Fuhrer"?

5. Who is Bernie Madoff?

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

7. Who was Fidel Castro?

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

9. What is a yurodiry?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Gladwell go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Gladwell sending about the nature and value of compassion?

Essay Topic 3

What is Gladwell's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Gladwell get this message across to the reader?

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