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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gaeton Dugas held what profession?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Flight attendant.
(c) Swim instructor.
(d) Night club owner.

2. 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) John Bartlett and Isaac Mizrahi.
(c) Owen Baxter and Geoffrey Lewis.
(d) Michael Anderson and Jesse Skawinski.

3. In what year was Kitty Genovese stabbed to death?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1964.

4. Roger Horchow scored well over what number on Gladwell's connector test in Chapter 2?
(a) 200.
(b) 600.
(c) 500.
(d) 100.

5. Where was Gaeton Dugas from?
(a) Denmark.
(b) The United States.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author consider to be the third of the three rules of epidemics?

3. 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?

4. What was the nickname of Darnell McGee?

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

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