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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the leading killer of men under the age of 65 in the 1950s?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Infectious diseases.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Car accidents.

2. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?
(a) It is something about the town itself that keeps its residents free from heart disease.
(b) The statistics have been skewed.
(c) The townspeople are exaggerating their good health.
(d) The townspeople are exaggerating their poor health.

3. What is the first half Matthew effect?
(a) If it can't be seen, it can't be talked about and it can't win an Academy award.
(b) When you're on a roll, sometimes you win just because your success intimidates.
(c) Those who have much will get even more.
(d) A high IQ is required for chess success.

4. Where does this band get their start playing?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Hamburg, Germany.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) Birmingham, England.

5. When does this band seem to come out of nowhere to rocket to stardom?
(a) 1960s.
(b) Mid-1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) Late 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country's public school system has a similar effect to that found in Hungarian and Czechoslovakian soccer leagues?

2. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?

3. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?

4. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?

5. Where does Langan earn a scholarship to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wolf investigate and what does he learn?

2. What is the origination of the title of this chapter, "The Matthew Effect"?

3. What does IQ stand for and who developed a test to measure it?

4. Where is Langan at the time Gladwell writes his book?

5. Who is Bill Joy and what did he do?

6. What makes Roseto an "outlier" town and how does this fact come to light?

7. When are most of Canada's best hockey players born, and why does Barnley think that is so?

8. What does Gladwell assert about intelligence and what analogy does he use?

9. With what definition does Gladwell open his book?

10. What does having a high IQ give a person?

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