View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Langan work on using his intelligence?
(a) A theory of energy.
(b) A theory to suplement the 100 monkey theory.
(c) A theory of the universe.
(d) A theory of instantaneous space travel.

4. Who is Stewart Wolf?
(a) A physician and professor.
(b) One of Gladwell's co-researchers.
(c) A sociologist.
(d) A lawyer.

5. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?
(a) Gladwell.
(b) Langan.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Termer.

6. What is the Memorial Cup?
(a) The highest trophy of the Swedish Hockey League.
(b) The highest trophy of the Canadian Hockey League.
(c) The highest trophy of the Russian Hockey League.
(d) The highest trophy of the American Hockey League.

7. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?
(a) MIT.
(b) UCLA.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) Stanford.

8. What health issue is rarely seen in Roseto at the time Wolf visits the town?
(a) Strokes.
(b) Polio.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

9. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) University of Montana.
(c) Oklahoma State University.
(d) University of Michigan.

10. Where does Langan earn a scholarship to college?
(a) Reed.
(b) Oregon State.
(c) MIT.
(d) UCLA.

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

12. What is the age when this countries hockey play is at the pinnacle of success for young people?
(a) 14-15.
(b) 21-25.
(c) 12-14.
(d) 17-19.

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

14. What does Oppenheimer succeed in getting himself appointed as?
(a) The leader of the Manhattan Project.
(b) The FBI's forensics unit.
(c) A professorship at MIT.
(d) The CIA couterintelligence division.

15. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Canadian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first half Matthew effect?

2. Why does Langan despair of publishing his theory?

3. Where does Langan once make an appearance that Gladwell mentions?

4. What does Gladwell say one has to have to gain success?

5. What do the residents of Roseto reconstruct?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 469 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample