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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?
(a) 2.
(b) 30.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

2. The author states in Chapter 1 that what year span saw the number of children in Baltimore born with syphilis spike considerably?
(a) 1995-1996.
(b) 1989-1990.
(c) 1992-1993.
(d) 1998-1999.

3. Who developed an eye movement sensor used in research for Sesame Street?
(a) Howard Friedman.
(b) Barbara Flagg.
(c) Ed Palmer.
(d) John Bartlett.

4. The author states that the tipping point for Hush Puppies Shoes came between what years?
(a) 1961-1962.
(b) 1994-1995.
(c) 1987-1988.
(d) 1958-1959.

5. What was the cause in the spike of syphilis cases in Baltimore, according to the Centers for Disease Control?
(a) Crack cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Rat infestation.
(d) AIDS.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leading epidemiologist theorizes that the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore was caused by the diminishing of public housing?

2. Not only do connectors know many people; they also operate in a variety of what, according to the author?

3. One of the studies from Chapter 4 tested a large group of schoolchildren in order to pick out an honest group among them. Schoolchildren who did not cheat in earlier studies did cheat in the same tests given how much later?

4. A well-known saying states that twenty percent of the people do what percent of the work?

5. Philip Zimbardo instructed the mock guards in his prison study to do what?

(see the answer key)

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