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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The expert salesman for Gladwell is what successful financial planner described in Chapter 2?
(a) Tom Gau.
(b) Mark Alpert.
(c) Brian Mullen.
(d) John Potterat.

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

3. What psychologist developed what he called the Affective Test to measure charisma?
(a) Ed Palmer.
(b) Tom Gau.
(c) Mark Alpert.
(d) Howard Friedman.

4. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?
(a) Mark Alpert.
(b) Tom Gau.
(c) Brian Mullen.
(d) John Potterat.

5. What fashion designer was heard to be wearing Hush Puppies Shoes when they experienced a resurgence, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Donna Karan.
(b) Micole Biancosino.
(c) Isaac Mizrahi.
(d) Jacques Herrer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gaeton Dugas claimed to have slept with over how many people?

3. How many people admitted to witnessing the murder of Kitty Genovese?

4. Who was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genovese?

5. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?

(see the answer key)

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