View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does HIV stand for?
(a) Hyper intensive virus.
(b) Human immunodeficiency virus.
(c) Human inter-biotic virus.
(d) Heliocentric immunodeficiency virus.

2. Who was convicted of the murder of Kitty Genovese?
(a) Ted Bundy.
(b) William Dupre.
(c) Winston Moseley.
(d) James Moorland.

3. Gaeton Dugas held what profession?
(a) Swim instructor.
(b) Flight attendant.
(c) Night club owner.
(d) Schoolteacher.

4. According to the author’s sources, how many patients visited Baltimore’s sexually transmitted disease clinics in the year from 1990-1991?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 36,000.
(c) 29,000.
(d) 62,000.

5. What was Paul Revere’s occupation?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Cobbler.
(c) Goldsmith.
(d) Deacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lois Weisberg was responsible for the establishment of what renowned program, which gathered youths to a vacant block downtown to make art?

2. What refers to a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when an animal observes the same action performed by another?

3. According to one study, frequent viewers of Peter Jennings were more likely to vote for whom in the 1980s?

4. Not only do connectors know many people; they also operate in a variety of what, according to the author?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 215 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample