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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter five: Emil "Jay" Freireich.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Gladwell say was the ring-leader of the Impressionist group that met at Café Guerbois?
(a) Manet.
(b) Monet.
(c) Pisarro.
(d) Matisse.

3. Which of the Impressionist does Gladwell say would sit moodily in the corner of Café Guerbois?
(a) Cézanne.
(b) Pisarro.
(c) Monet.
(d) Degas.

4. How does Gladwell characterize the procedures Freireich was performing on his patients?
(a) Science.
(b) Torture.
(c) Industry.
(d) Research.

5. How many Londoners said they had not gotten any sleep the previous night, in a poll during the Blitz?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A half.
(c) A third.
(d) Three quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gladwell say Ranadivé’s opponents responded to his strategy?

2. In the English expression Gladwell quotes, how many generations does it take for families who get rich to be poor again?

3. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?

4. How old was Gladwell’s powerful Hollywood friend, when he started a snow-shoveling business with other students?

5. What does Gladwell say is the overriding assumption about class composition?

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