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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Salesmen.
(b) Mercenaries.
(c) Connectors.
(d) Mavens.

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

4. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?
(a) 30.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The author points out that the outbreak of syphilis in Baltimore slowed during what season?

5. What does the author consider to be the third of the three rules of epidemics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the typical score for the author’s test for connectors described in Chapter 2?

2. What is illustrated by the author’s first example in the introduction?

3. According to the author, connectors operate in a variety of social niches. How does he compare Kevin Bacon and John Wayne?

4. How does Gladwell introduce the book? What three rules for the tipping point does the author give in the introduction?

5. Who was Gaeton Dugas? What was his role in the spread of HIV?

6. How does the author describe Tom Gau? What does Gau do?

7. What does the author state in reference to yawning in the Introduction?

8. What popular parlor game does the author use to describe connectors in Chapter 2?

9. What did Howard Levanthal deduce from his study?

10. Early in television's history, few people believed TV held any educational value. Who was the first to challenge this and why?

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