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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What designer called and wanted to use Hush Puppies Shoes in his spring collection during their resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Oscar de la Renta.
(b) Janette Wilson.
(c) John Bartlett.
(d) Micole Biancosino.

2. 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) Mirror neuron.
(c) Neuron reverberation.
(d) Mimicry neuron.

3. What was Paul Revere’s occupation?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Silversmith.
(c) Goldsmith.
(d) Deacon.

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

5. Who developed an eye movement sensor used in research for Sesame Street?
(a) Barbara Flagg.
(b) Howard Friedman.
(c) Ed Palmer.
(d) John Bartlett.

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. Where is Lois Weisberg from?

3. 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?

4. Howard Levanthal distributed how many different pamphlets to seniors about shots in Chapter 3?

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

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