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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter seven: Rosemary Lawlor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the English expression Gladwell quotes, how many generations does it take for families who get rich to be poor again?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

2. How many new teachers does Gladwell say American schools hired between 1996 and 2004?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 750,000.
(d) 500,000.

3. What does Sean MacStiofain say revolutions are caused by, in the first place?
(a) Collapses in markets.
(b) Increasing strictness in policing.
(c) Brutality of governments.
(d) State-sanctioned injustice.

4. Why dose Gary Cohn say he left school?
(a) He was being bullied.
(b) He was failing.
(c) He was being abused.
(d) He was bored and angry.

5. Where does Gladwell say dyslexics’ neurons get “lost along the way” (99)?
(a) In their brain stems.
(b) They form behind the eyes.
(c) In their ventricles.
(d) They get into the blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gladwell say people in Lower Falls bought their bread daily?

2. How did Gary Cohn get his big break?

3. When do dyslexics typically get a diagnosis, according to Gladwell?

4. How did Brian Grazer turn his dyslexia into an advantage?

5. What does Gladwell say is the benefit of bigger classes?

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