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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 does the the first E stand for in the acronym SERE?

2. During what month of the year did Mitchell first speak to KSM in person?

3. The survey discussed in the chapter about Amanda Knox was focused on which subject?

4. How old was Brock Turner when he committed sexual assault?

5. How old was Amanda Knox at the time her roommate was murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which season and episode of Friends is discussed at length within Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?

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

3. Who is Emily Doe?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where are the Trobriand Islands?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Gladwell’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Gladwell’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Gladwell utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Talking to Strangers and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

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