1. What refers to a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when an animal observes the same action performed by another?
(a) Atomic neuron.
(b) Neuron reverberation.
(c) Mimicry neuron.
(d) Mirror neuron.

2. What designer put a twenty-five foot Bassett hound on the roof of his Hollywood store, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) John Bartlett.
(b) Oscar de la Renta.
(c) Joel Fitzgerald.
(d) Isaac Mizrahi.

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

4. Each episode of Blue’s Clues airs for how many consecutive days?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Gaeton Dugas claimed to have slept with over how many people?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 252.
(c) 154.
(d) 1,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did Gaeton Dugas die?

3. Who assembled the team that developed Blue's Clues?

4. What does HIV stand for?

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

(see the answer key)

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