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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6, Harlan, Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Langan's family situated financially?
(a) Very poor.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Very wealthy.
(d) Middle class.

2. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.
(b) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.
(c) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.
(d) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.

3. Where does Langan end up living?
(a) Rural South Dakota.
(b) Rural Missouri.
(c) Rural Mississippi.
(d) Rural Wyoming.

4. What do the ask some college-aged men to do?
(a) Refrain from talking to any woman for 72 hours.
(b) Fill out a questionaire.
(c) Fast for 24 hours.
(d) Sit in a room alone for 24 hours.

5. Where do Cohen and Nisbett conduct an experiment?
(a) University of Maine.
(b) University of Kentucky.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?

2. Who is Roger Barnsley?

3. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?

4. Who are the Howards and Turners?

5. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?

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