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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mark Alpert is a professor at what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Texas.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The University of Alabama.

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

3. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood was adapted to film in what year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1996.

4. What is the name of the editor of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood?
(a) Ed Palmer.
(b) Barbara Flagg.
(c) Darnell McGee.
(d) Diane Reverand.

5. 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?
(a) Darnell McGee.
(b) Barbara Flagg.
(c) David Gunn.
(d) Mark Alpert.

6. What refers to the science or study of the origin, development, organization and functioning of human society?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Anthropology.

7. To become a regular smoker, a person must reach their what, according to the author in Chapter 7?
(a) Peer-induced barrier.
(b) Psychological threshold.
(c) Anxiety threshold.
(d) Addiction threshold.

8. Who is the creative director of the Lambesis Agency?
(a) Chad Farmer.
(b) David Gunn.
(c) Todd Kessler.
(d) Tom Gao.

9. 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?
(a) Transmutation.
(b) Rupture.
(c) Epidemic.
(d) Cataclysm.

10. One of the reasons Gladwell attributes to the success of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is that the author is also what?
(a) An investment banker.
(b) A basketball coach.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) An actress.

11. What is the name of Methodism’s founder?
(a) John Potterat.
(b) John Wesley.
(c) George Whitfield.
(d) Howard Friedman.

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

13. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood initially sold how many copies in hardcover?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 10,000.

14. 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) Impossible.
(d) Riskier.

15. What previous book had the author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood published, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) The Ring.
(b) His Bright Light.
(c) Little Altars Everywhere.
(d) The Long Road Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 6, the Airwalk company developed a cult following and built up a business earning how much yearly after only a few years?

2. What British anthropologist developed a ratio between the size of an animal's neocortex and the size of the animal's social group?

3. What theory does the author cite which states that presence of vandalism in a neighborhood incites people to commit other more serious acts that they would never believe they might get away with in a nicer, cleaner neighborhood?

4. Who is the author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood?

5. In one study described in Chapter 4, a group of seminary students prepared to give a lecture on what parable?

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