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

2. How does Gladwell characterize the Saigon government?
(a) Efficient and modern.
(b) Effective for its friends, not the general public.
(c) Corrupt and unpopular.
(d) Responsive and fair.

3. When did Bill Hudson take the famous photo of the dog attacking the peaceful protestor?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1963.

4. How does Gladwell say Leites and Wolf characterize the problem of establishing order, in their report Rebellion and Authority?
(a) As a question of transcendent ideals.
(b) As a question of personal connections.
(c) As a question of abstract values.
(d) As a question of calculating costs and benefits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths does Gladwell say British war planners expected in London in the first week of the German Blitz?

2. How does Gladwell characterize the Londoners’ response to the bombing?

3. What message did Kellen bring to the U.S. government about the Viet Cong?

4. When does Gladwell say “things got worse” in Northern Ireland (199)?

5. Why does Gladwell say the Royal Scots were the least helpful regiment to patrol the Catholic neighborhood of Lower Falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladwell credit Bill Hudson’s photo of Walter Gadsden being attacked by the police dog in Birmingham with having done?

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

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

4. Why does Gladwell say that it took the British so long to understand that they were applying too much force in northern Ireland?

5. How does Gladwell say successful dyslexics typically feel about wishing dyslexia on their children?

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

7. What does Gladwell say happened in Montreal when the police went on strike?

8. How did the women of Ballymurphy break the curfew in Lower Falls?

9. In what way does Gladwell say that northern Ireland is just like a kindergarten classroom?

10. What is the flaw in Nathan Leites and Charles Wolf’s report Rebellion and Authority, According to Gladwell?

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