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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In concluding Chapter 4, Gladwell states that what affects a person's reactions to a given situation more than parental wishes or guidance?
(a) Religious beliefs.
(b) Personal integrity.
(c) Sense of logic.
(d) Peers.

2. Researchers claim that the larger and animal's neocortex is, the more capacity the animal has for what?
(a) Tool making.
(b) Cognitive trust-building.
(c) Violence.
(d) Social interactions.

3. Philip Zimbardo instructed the mock guards in his prison study to do what?
(a) Conduct random drug tests.
(b) Water-board the prisoners.
(c) Maintain order at any cost.
(d) Interrogate the prisoners.

4. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?
(a) 70.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

5. 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) Micole Biancosino.
(b) Oscar de la Renta.
(c) John Bartlett.
(d) Janette Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Gaeton Dugas from?

2. What leading epidemiologist theorizes that the syphilis epidemic in Baltimore was caused by the diminishing of public housing?

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

4. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?

5. When was Bernie Goetz born?

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