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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What firms are run by Christian men who live in the suburbs?
(a) White shoe law firms.
(b) Black tie law firms.
(c) Black shoe law firms.
(d) White shirt law firms.

2. How are these proxy wars characterized?
(a) Hostile and messy.
(b) Wasteful.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Borderline illegal.

3. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?
(a) Statistics.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) The accuracy of IQ tests.

4. What makes Wolf think it is not the region that is healthy?
(a) He does think the region has some part in the town's health.
(b) There is a great amount of environmental pollution in that area.
(c) Most of the towns in the region have similar health patterns as the rest of the United States.
(d) There are two nearby towns that have heart disease at higher rates.

5. What does Joy do almost day in and day out at college?
(a) Program.
(b) Brainstorm with other computer geeks.
(c) Test his mettle against other geeks.
(d) Play.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?

2. What are people quick to do in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

3. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

4. What is a proxy war?

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

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