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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. How many separate times was Knox put on trial for the murder of her roommate Meredith?

2. What does the S stand for in the acronym SERE?

3. What aspect of the interrogation situation appears to give people the most anxiety?

4. At the time when they met, Jensen and Mitchell both worked for which branch of the U.S. military?

5. What kind of doctor was Mitchell at the time he first met KSM?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect of the interrogation situation appears to cause the most fear, according to James Mitchell?

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

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

4. What punishment did Brock Turner receive for his crimes?

5. For what length of time was Amanda Knox imprisoned and why is the answer so shocking?

6. Where are the Trobriand Islands?

7. What does the acronym SERE stand for?

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

9. In what location did James Mitchell and Bruce Jensen first meet and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message is Gladwell sending regarding the source of human flaws and unhappiness?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine how Gladwell goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within Talking to Strangers. How does Gladwell accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?

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