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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What imposes automatic punishment for infractions of a stated rule with the intention of eliminating undesirable conduct?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) No Authority Clause.
(c) Terrorism threat.
(d) Zero tolerance.

2. When the New York City Subway system came under new directorship at the height of crime problems, the first area of change became what?
(a) Random searches.
(b) Graffiti.
(c) Fare beating.
(d) Metal detectors.

3. Where did Bernie Goetz earn a bachelor’s degree?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of Texas.
(d) California State University.

4. In one study described in Chapter 4, a group of seminary students prepared to give a lecture on what parable?
(a) The parting of the Red Sea.
(b) The good Samaritan.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Abraham and Peter.

5. What is a trivia game that rests on the assumption that any individual involved in the Hollywood, California film industry can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon?
(a) “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(b) “Ten Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(c) “Seven Degrees of Separation.”
(d) “Six Degrees of Separation.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1993, Airwalk was a $16 million company. In 1994, it had sales of how much?

2. According to the author, the first of the farmers in Iowa who tried the new seed corn were what?

3. In Chapter 2, Gladwell explains the Law of the Few, which he splits further into three classes of people. Which is the first of these?

4. Lois Weisberg occupies how many different social circles, according to the author in Chapter 2?

5. Where was the Airwalk shoes company based?

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