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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. What was the size of the budget General McNamara gave to Gouré’s Motivation and Morale project?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $750,000.
(d) $500,000.

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

3. What does Gladwell say geniuses require that prodigies do not?
(a) Adverse conditions.
(b) Supportive surroundings.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Loving parents.

4. What was the occasion that brought the British army into Northern Ireland?
(a) Bombings in Belfast.
(b) Terrorist attacks in London.
(c) A riot in Lower Falls.
(d) A gun battle in Ballymurphy.

5. According to researchers Dina Rose and her colleague, what is the threshold for incarceration in a neighborhood, beyond which the “effect on crime starts to reverse” (246)?
(a) 2% of the population incarcerated.
(b) .5% of the population incarcerated.
(c) 1% of the population incarcerated.
(d) 1.5% of the population incarcerated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What audacious message did André Trocmé’s students deliver to the Vichy minister of youth affairs?

2. How does Gladwell say “Stella” has lost her class’ attention in the video of her classroom from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?

3. How much does Gladwell say the odds increase, that a child of an incarcerated parent will have a psychiatric disorder?

4. What does Gladwell say was the result when Montreal police went on strike for 16 hours in 1969?

5. What was the British army doing in Lower Falls, Belfast, while they instituted the curfew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladwell say allowed Wilma Derksen to forgive her daughter’s murderer?

2. How does Gladwell explain Freireich’s wife’s bond to him?

3. What was Leon Gouré’s approach to American strategy the war in Vietnam?

4. What does Gladwell say would have happened had the Nazis killed André Trocmé?

5. Why does Gladwell say the Nazis did not come to Le Chambon and make an example of the town?

6. What is Brer Rabbit’s secret power, According to Gladwell?

7. What does Stella get wrong about teaching in the video Gladwell refers to, from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?

8. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé subverted the laws in Vichy France?

9. How does Gladwell see Wyatt Walker setting up the photo of the dog attack as evidence of the same law he see in dyslexics succeeding in spite of their condition?

10. Where had Kellen gotten his background for the RAND job to consult on the Vietnam war?

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