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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?
(a) Brian Mullen.
(b) Mark Alpert.
(c) Tom Gau.
(d) John Potterat.

2. When did the show Sesame Street premiere?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1981.

3. Tom Gau, according to the author in Chapter 6, is the ultimate what?
(a) Salesman.
(b) innovator.
(c) Maven.
(d) Connector.

4. In Chapter 7, Gladwell suggests not fighting to stop teen experimentation, which would be difficult, but to make the experimentation what?
(a) Controlled.
(b) Safer.
(c) Riskier.
(d) Impossible.

5. What refers to the displeasing feeling of fear and concern?
(a) Rage.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood published?

2. Gaeton Dugas claimed to have slept with over how many people?

3. When a British anthropologist plugged in the size of a human's neocortex to the research ratio, the corresponding social group size calculated at what?

4. What occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience?

5. Howard Levanthal distributed pamphlets to seniors about what kind of vaccinations, according to the author in Chapter 3?

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