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

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

3. Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in what neighborhood of Queens, New York?
(a) Greenpoint.
(b) Kew Gardens.
(c) Astoria.
(d) Rockaway Beach.

4. 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?
(a) “Six Degrees of Separation.”
(b) “Seven Degrees of Separation.”
(c) “Ten Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
(d) “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”

5. What does the author consider to be the third of the three rules of epidemics?
(a) The Law of the Few.
(b) The Power of Context.
(c) The Stickiness Factor.
(d) The Law of the Many.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a social psychological phenomenon where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present?

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

3. 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?

4. In what year was Kitty Genovese stabbed to death?

5. Darnell McGee is known to have infected over how many people with HIV?

(see the answer key)

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