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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young men who attempted to mug Bernie Goetz demanded how much money from him?
(a) $5.
(b) $50.
(c) $20.
(d) $100.

2. When the New York City Subway system came under new directorship at the height of crime problems, the first area of change became what?
(a) Random searches.
(b) Metal detectors.
(c) Fare beating.
(d) Graffiti.

3. In Chapter 2, Gladwell explains the Law of the Few, which he splits further into three classes of people. Which is the second of these?
(a) Connectors.
(b) Mavens.
(c) Salesmen.
(d) Mercenaries.

4. What refers to a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the sixteenth century?
(a) Hutterites.
(b) Occidentalists.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Calvinists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became director the of the New York City Subway system at the height of the crime problems, according to the author in Chapter 4?

2. According to one study, frequent viewers of Peter Jennings were more likely to vote for whom in the 1980s?

3. Philip Zimbardo is president of what project at the university where he works?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 7, it typically takes how long for a person to become addicted to cigarettes when that person starts in his/her teen years?

(see the answer key)

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