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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Lois Weisberg from?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Chicago.

2. A well-known saying states that twenty percent of the people do what percent of the work?
(a) 90.
(b) 75.
(c) 80.
(d) 100.

3. When was Paul Revere born?
(a) 1734.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1756.

4. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 252.
(c) 103.
(d) 398.

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

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. 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. What designer called and wanted to use Hush Puppies Shoes in his spring collection during their resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?

4. In what year was Kitty Genovese stabbed to death?

5. What refers to a social psychological phenomenon where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present?

(see the answer key)

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