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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was Joan Ganz Cooney born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1954.
2. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?
(a) 100.
(b) 2.
(c) 300.
(d) 30.
3. What was Joan Ganz Cooney’s first television program?
(a) Law and Order.
(b) Sesame Street.
(c) Blue’s Clues.
(d) Court of Reason.
4. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?
(a) Mark Alpert.
(b) John Potterat.
(c) Brian Mullen.
(d) Tom Gau.
5. Early research for Sesame Street showed that the presence of toys does not impact a child's what?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Comprehension.
(d) Emotion.
Short Answer Questions
1. Paul Revere is someone the author considers to be what?
2. Who assembled the team that developed Blue's Clues?
3. When was Paul Revere born?
4. Sesame Street premiered on what television station?
5. Early research for Sesame Street showed that flashing lights and bright colors do not do what on their own?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author state in reference to yawning in the Introduction?
2. How does Gladwell introduce the book? What three rules for the tipping point does the author give in the introduction?
3. How does the author describe Lois Weisberg in Chapter 2?
4. How does the author break down his first law introduced in Chapter 2?
5. What test did the author develop to determine a person’s likelihood to be a connector?
6. What saying from the business world does the author employ to describe connectors in Chapter 1?
7. Who was Gaeton Dugas? What was his role in the spread of HIV?
8. What example does Gladwell use first in illustrating a super-connector in Chapter 2?
9. Early in television's history, few people believed TV held any educational value. Who was the first to challenge this and why?
10. What popular parlor game does the author use to describe connectors in Chapter 2?
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