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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Swedish immigrants.
(b) German immigrants.
(c) Italian immigrants.
(d) Irish immigrants.

2. What is the conclusion Terman comes to about high IQ children?
(a) They succeed or fail at the same rate as other children.
(b) They succeed fifty percent more often than other children.
(c) They actually fail more often than other children.
(d) They succeed just five percent more often than other children.

3. Who is Anders Ericcson?
(a) A statistician.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A sociologist.
(d) A psychologist.

4. What does Roger notice about the majority of the hockey players in the game he is watching?
(a) Most are born in the first three months of the year.
(b) Most are all at least 70 kg. in weight.
(c) Most are all born close to midnight.
(d) Most are at least 180 cm. tall.

5. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?

2. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?

3. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test?

4. Through what age range are the school children tracked?

5. How are children grouped to play hockey in the country Gladwell discusses?

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