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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What two executives from Hush Puppies Shoes met a New York photographer who told them about the shoes’ resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) James Owen and William Ross.
(b) Michael Anderson and Jesse Skawinski.
(c) John Bartlett and Isaac Mizrahi.
(d) Owen Baxter and Geoffrey Lewis.

4. What designer called and wanted to use Hush Puppies Shoes in his spring collection during their resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Micole Biancosino.
(b) Janette Wilson.
(c) John Bartlett.
(d) Oscar de la Renta.

5. What does the author consider to be the first of the three rules of epidemics?
(a) The Power of Context.
(b) The Law of the Few.
(c) The Law of the Many.
(d) The Stickiness Factor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The expert salesman for Gladwell is what successful financial planner described in Chapter 2?

2. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, people are given a random selection of last names from what?

3. Paul Revere is someone the author considers to be what?

4. The author points out that the outbreak of syphilis in Baltimore slowed during what season?

5. 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?

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