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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lois Weisberg occupies how many different social circles, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

2. When the New York City Subway system came under new directorship at the height of crime problems, the first area of change became what?
(a) Graffiti.
(b) Random searches.
(c) Metal detectors.
(d) Fare beating.

3. Between 1966 and 1981, violent crime rates in NYC had gone from 325 violent crimes per 100,000 to approximately how many crimes per 100,000 people?
(a) 550.
(b) 2,600.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 3,100.

4. What was Bernie Goetz dubbed by the New York press following the incident on the subway?
(a) “The Subway Vigilante.”
(b) “The Gotham Avenger.”
(c) “The Gun Shaker.”
(d) “The White Dragon.”

5. The expert salesman for Gladwell is what successful financial planner described in Chapter 2?
(a) John Potterat.
(b) Brian Mullen.
(c) Mark Alpert.
(d) Tom Gau.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was an analysis of the spread of hybrid seed corn in Green County, Iowa, conducted, according to the author in Chapter 6?

2. What is a trivia game that rests on the assumption that any individual involved in the Hollywood, California film industry can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon?

3. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, few people score over what number?

4. In Chapter 2, Gladwell explains the Law of the Few, which he splits further into three classes of people. Which is the second of these?

5. Tom Gau, according to the author in Chapter 6, is the ultimate what?

(see the answer key)

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