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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, A Jamaican Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Gladwell say the average student needs more?
(a) Better facilities.
(b) School.
(c) Breaks throughout the year.
(d) Summer break.

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

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

4. What does Korean airlines realize is a large part of their problem?
(a) Their old planes.
(b) Their pay structure.
(c) Their lack of good mechanics.
(d) Their cultural legacy.

5. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?
(a) A local physician.
(b) A local politician.
(c) Several local ministers.
(d) Several sociology professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis Terman begin doing in the 1920s?

2. What is the first half Matthew effect?

3. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?

4. Who is Anders Ericcson?

5. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?

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