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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two executives from Hush Puppies Shoes met a New York photographer who told them about the shoes’ resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) James Owen and William Ross.
(b) John Bartlett and Isaac Mizrahi.
(c) Owen Baxter and Geoffrey Lewis.
(d) Michael Anderson and Jesse Skawinski.

2. What psychologist developed what he called the Affective Test to measure charisma?
(a) Tom Gau.
(b) Ed Palmer.
(c) Howard Friedman.
(d) Mark Alpert.

3. The author points out that the outbreak of syphilis in Baltimore slowed during what season?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

4. Paul Revere is someone the author considers to be what?
(a) A connector.
(b) A maven.
(c) A salesman.
(d) An antagonist.

5. When did Gaeton Dugas die?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?

2. Where was Gaeton Dugas from?

3. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?

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

5. Darnell McGee admitted sexual relations with how many people after he knew he carried HIV?

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