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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 7: "A (Short) Explanation of the Amanda Knox Case" focuses on the young woman from which city in Washington State?

2. Which season of the television show Friends does Gladwell discuss in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?

3. What kind of doctor was Mitchell at the time he first met KSM?

4. What percentage of the survey respondents equated gaze aversion with dissembling behavior?

5. Gladwell states that Part Three of the book attempts to answer what kind of puzzle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the Trobriand Islands?

2. For what length of time was Amanda Knox imprisoned and why is the answer so shocking?

3. How long did it take for interrogators to get KSM to talk and why?

4. What word came to James Mitchell's mind the first time he met KSM?

5. Which group took the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and experienced surprising results?

6. For what purpose was James Mitchell called upon by the U.S. government in March of 2003?

7. What conclusion did James Mitchell and Bruce Jensen reach regarding the three most effective interrogation techniques?

8. Describe the survey of attitudes about deception discussed in Chapter 7: "A (Short) Explanation of the Amanda Knox Case."

9. What is the symbolism of Amanda Knox's utterance "Ta-dah," (177) according to Gladwell?

10. For what reason was Amanda Knox able to be tried in two different criminal trials for the same alleged crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Gladwell’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?

Essay Topic 2

Perform a biographical criticism of Talking to Strangers by researching Gladwell's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Gladwell.

Essay Topic 3

How does Gladwell employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Talking to Strangers and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Gladwell to prove particular points made within the text?

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