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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?
(a) Luck.
(b) Being an entrepreneur.
(c) Practical intelligence.
(d) High intelligence.

2. What does Oppenheimer have difficulty with when he is young?
(a) School.
(b) Emotional instability.
(c) His social life.
(d) His family life.

3. What is the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) A test for mutant genes in a family line.
(b) A test for unusual blood patterns.
(c) A test for intelligence.
(d) A test for behavior psychosis.

4. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?
(a) They will be more often on the fringes of society.
(b) They will be successful adults.
(c) They will be social misfits.
(d) They will be the ones who create most of the inventions that are patented.

5. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?
(a) Access only via the mainframe.
(b) Access via the telephone.
(c) Limited access via one computer in the lab.
(d) Loading one application at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Oppenheimer's social skills?

2. What health issue is rarely seen in Roseto at the time Wolf visits the town?

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

4. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?

5. How is Langan's family situated financially?

(see the answer key)

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