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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the Nazi requirement to salute the Nazi flag at the school?
(a) They saluted the French flag instead.
(b) They refused to salute.
(c) They did not have a flagpole.
(d) They refused to fly the flag.

2. How many children does Gladwell say were in jail after the first day of Wyatt Walker’s protests in Birmingham?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 600.
(d) 1,000.

3. Why does Gladwell say even our understanding of the David and Goliath dynamics, and the advantages of small guerilla forces, not change the way we conduct wars like Vietnam?
(a) Because each generation has to learn it for themselves.
(b) Because there is a stigma about using received information.
(c) Because the country profits from war in other ways.
(d) Because war planners are invested in the war.

4. How does Rosemary Lawlor explain why she was hooked on fighting the British?
(a) She said the pay was good, for insurgent families.
(b) She said that the northern Irish resistance fighters treated her well.
(c) She said an injustice was thrust on her and she had to do something.
(d) She said that she had already lost everything, so she might as well fight.

5. How does Gladwell characterize the mistake the British made in Northern Ireland?
(a) They should have established their authority.
(b) They should have raised the stakes by taking hostages.
(c) They should have negotiated through channels.
(d) They should have taken a firmer hand.

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

7. What does Gladwell say was the result when Montreal police went on strike for 16 hours in 1969?
(a) Fewer crimes.
(b) A spike in bank robberies and street crime.
(c) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(d) A few additional robberies.

8. What does Gladwell say was the average age of the criminals locked up for their third strikes?
(a) 24.
(b) 34.
(c) 43.
(d) 18.

9. How does Gladwell characterize general Freeland’s tour of the deserted streets of Lower Falls?
(a) Like a raj on a tiger hunt.
(b) Like a warden managing a prison.
(c) Like a lord surveying his manor.
(d) Like a tourist appreciating the sights.

10. How does Gladwell characterize the Brer Rabbit tales for the people who told them?
(a) Promises.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Prophecies.
(d) Wish fulfillments.

11. Why did Wyatt Walker get criticism for setting up the protest that resulted in Bill Hudson’s photo?
(a) He was ignoring pressing concerns elsewhere.
(b) He was using children as pawns.
(c) He was putting himself in danger.
(d) He was making the protestors look foolish.

12. What kind of image does Gladwell say General Freeland wanted to convey to the northern Irish?
(a) Relentlessness.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Patience.
(d) Toughness.

13. What does Gladwell say the “remote misses” felt after surviving a bombing (132)?
(a) Religious.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Invincible.
(d) Indifferent.

14. How does Gladwell characterize Freireich’s management style?
(a) Patient.
(b) Kind.
(c) Volcanic.
(d) Unpredictable.

15. When did France fall to Germany in World War 2?
(a) June 1940.
(b) December, 1941.
(c) April, 1940.
(d) September, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Konrad Kellen’s people come from?

2. Derksen was prepared to forgive her daughter’s killer until she realized what?

3. How does Gladwell say General Freeland’s search for weapons in Lower Falls turned into a riot and battle?

4. What does Gladwell say geniuses require that prodigies do not?

5. How was police officer Joanna Jaffe trying to show the community of Brownsville that the police were on their side?

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