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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gaeton Dugas claimed to have slept with over how many people?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 154.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 252.

2. What researcher from Syracuse University showed that of the three major news outlets, Peter Jennings showed a bias in the presidential elections of the 1980s?
(a) Mark Alpert.
(b) Brian Mullen.
(c) Tom Gau.
(d) John Potterat.

3. What was the nickname of Darnell McGee?
(a) “Big Man.”
(b) “Skater.”
(c) “Pawn Boy.”
(d) “Boss Man.”

4. Roger Horchow scored well over what number on Gladwell's connector test in Chapter 2?
(a) 500.
(b) 600.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

5. The author states that the tipping point for Hush Puppies Shoes came between what years?
(a) 1961-1962.
(b) 1994-1995.
(c) 1987-1988.
(d) 1958-1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to the author’s sources, how many patients visited Baltimore’s sexually transmitted disease clinics in the year from 1990-1991?

3. What designer called and wanted to use Hush Puppies Shoes in his spring collection during their resurgence, according to the author in the introduction?

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

5. What was Paul Revere’s occupation?

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