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

2. Researchers prior to Blue's Clues believed that children could not follow what?
(a) Subtle symbolism.
(b) A nonlinear narrative.
(c) Dancing letters.
(d) A plot.

3. Where was Gaeton Dugas from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States.

4. Paul Revere is someone the author considers to be what?
(a) A connector.
(b) An antagonist.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A maven.

5. Gaeton Dugas claimed to have slept with over how many people?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 154.
(c) 252.
(d) 1,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lois Weisberg was responsible for the establishment of what renowned program, which gathered youths to a vacant block downtown to make art?

2. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?

3. Sesame Street premiered on what television station?

4. What researcher from Syracuse University showed that of the three major news outlets, Peter Jennings showed a bias in the presidential elections of the 1980s?

5. What is a trivia game that rests on the assumption that any individual involved in the Hollywood, California film industry can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Lois Weisberg in Chapter 2?

2. What popular parlor game does the author use to describe connectors in Chapter 2?

3. Who was Gaeton Dugas? What was his role in the spread of HIV?

4. What test did the author develop to determine a person’s likelihood to be a connector?

5. How does the author relate the tipping point to weather in the Introduction?

6. According to the author, connectors operate in a variety of social niches. How does he compare Kevin Bacon and John Wayne?

7. What example does Malcolm Gladwell use first in Chapter 1 to illustrate his ideas? What premise does he begin with?

8. How does the author use cigarettes to illustrate the Stickiness Factor in Chapter 1?

9. Why do connectors start trends while normal people do not, according to the author?

10. How does the author describe Tom Gau? What does Gau do?

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