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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2, The 10,000-Hour Rule.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?
(a) The opportunity to spend 1,000 hours on programming.
(b) The opportunity to spend 15,000 hours on programming.
(c) The opportunity to spend 10,000 hours on programming.
(d) The opportunity to study the results of his coding.

2. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Farming.
(b) Wool.
(c) Wine.
(d) Slate quarry.

3. Who is Bill Joy?
(a) A computer programmer.
(b) An Apple programmer.
(c) A entrepreneur in the field of sports.
(d) A entrepreneur in the field of art.

4. What college does Joy attend?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Stanford.
(c) UCLA.
(d) UC Berkeley.

5. How many of the musicians make it to the highest level of musicianship through talent alone?
(a) 0 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?

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

3. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

4. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?

5. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?

(see the answer key)

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