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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) 30.
(b) 100.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

2. What researcher from Syracuse University showed that of the three major news outlets, Peter Jennings showed a bias in the presidential elections of the 1980s?
(a) Brian Mullen.
(b) John Potterat.
(c) Tom Gau.
(d) Mark Alpert.

3. What is Roger Horchow’s profession?
(a) Catalog entrepreneur.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Aerobics instructor.
(d) Flight attendant.

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

5. Lois Weisberg occupies how many different social circles, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A well-known saying states that twenty percent of the people do what percent of the work?

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

5. When did Gaeton Dugas die?

(see the answer key)

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