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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bernie Goetz earn a bachelor’s degree?
(a) The University of Texas.
(b) New York University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) California State University.

2. What refers to the act, state or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self?
(a) Introversion.
(b) Cataclysm.
(c) Extroversion.
(d) Narcissism.

3. Who developed an invaluable tool for Sesame Street called the distracter?
(a) Howard Friedman.
(b) Barbara Flagg.
(c) Ed Palmer.
(d) John Bartlett.

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

5. 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) Salesmen.
(c) Mercenaries.
(d) Mavens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a statement or group of statements that lead to a contradiction or a situation which defies logic or reason?

2. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, people are given a random selection of last names from what?

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

4. When did Gaeton Dugas die?

5. One of the studies from Chapter 4 tested a large group of schoolchildren in order to pick out an honest group among them. Schoolchildren who did not cheat in earlier studies did cheat in the same tests given how much later?

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