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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, few people score over what number?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

2. How many people admitted to witnessing the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) 38.
(b) 41.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

3. Who was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) Ted Bundy.
(b) Winston Moseley.
(c) William Dupre.
(d) James Moorland.

4. What does HIV stand for?
(a) Human inter-biotic virus.
(b) Hyper intensive virus.
(c) Human immunodeficiency virus.
(d) Heliocentric immunodeficiency virus.

5. On what date does the author describe a young boy overhearing news of the British invasion in Chapter 2?
(a) September 16, 1776.
(b) July 4, 1776.
(c) April 18, 1775.
(d) June 16, 1775.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to one study, frequent viewers of Peter Jennings were more likely to vote for whom in the 1980s?

3. What does the author consider to be the first of the three rules of epidemics?

4. According to the author’s sources, how many patients visited Baltimore’s sexually transmitted disease clinics in the year from 1990-1991?

5. What was the cause in the spike of syphilis cases in Baltimore, according to the Centers for Disease Control?

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