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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the nickname of Darnell McGee?
2. What does the author consider to be the second of the three rules of epidemics?
3. How many people admitted to witnessing the murder of Kitty Genovese?
4. What psychologist developed what he called the Affective Test to measure charisma?
5. What two executives from Hush Puppies Shoes met a New York photographer who told them about the shoes’ resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe Tom Gau? What does Gau do?
2. How does Gladwell introduce the book? What three rules for the tipping point does the author give in the introduction?
3. What example does Gladwell use first in illustrating a super-connector in Chapter 2?
4. What is the typical score for the author’s test for connectors described in Chapter 2?
5. What does the author state in reference to yawning in the Introduction?
6. What example does Malcolm Gladwell use first in Chapter 1 to illustrate his ideas? What premise does he begin with?
7. How does the author break down his first law introduced in Chapter 2?
8. What contribution did Barbara Flagg make for the research on Sesame Street?
9. How does the author use cigarettes to illustrate the Stickiness Factor in Chapter 1?
10. How does the author describe mavens in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the incident involving Bernie Goetz in 1984 in New York. What crime was Goetz convicted of for his actions? What did the newspapers report about Goetz and his assailants? How does context relate to this situation?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Howard Levanthal and the study conducted at Yale University. When did the study take place? How were the results perceived? What does the author perceive the results to indicate? What contemporary examples reflect Levanthal’s results?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the career of Joan Gantz Cooney and the creation of the television show Sesame Street. When was the show first produced? What research went into its development? What controversy did it meet upon production?
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