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WorksheetsOutliers: The Story of Success
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
How is Langan's family situated financially? (from Part 1, Chapter 4, "The Trouble with Genuises, Part 2)
Upper class.
Very poor.
Very wealthy
Middle class
From what are of the world are the highest-scoring students in the field of math?
North America
Europe
Asia
South America
What does Gladwell say about reading schools at the end of one year compared to at the beginning of the next year?
Only the very brightest students students make progress in their reading skills over the summer.
The smartest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
The poorest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
The most average students students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?
From being Hispanic
From being Jewish
From being Anglo Protestant
From being Irish
What is one type of work Joe Flom does when he is just out of college?
Working with indigent patients at a public hospital.
A take over of a public company.
Buying and selling goods at trade shows.
Whatever he is told to do.
What does Korean airlines realize is a large part of their problem?
Their cultural legacy.
Their old planes.
Their pay structure.
Their lack of good mechanics.
What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?
He thinks it gives an advantage but no guarantees.
He thinks the taller person in some ways has a disadvantage because of expectations.
He thinks the intimidation factor is what makes a difference not height.
He does not write about basket ball players.
What does Gladwell say about his great-great-great grandmother?
She was educated in England
She was from Peru.
She was part of a mass exodus from Jamaica.
She was a slave.
Why does Langan despair of publishing his theory?
It is unprovable.
No credentials.
It would be considered too wacky.
It is not finished.
What is the most important thing in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
Frugal living.
Loyalty to clan or family.
Loyalty to country.
Love of the land.
What does Oppenheimer have difficulty with when he is young?
School
His social life
His family life
Emotional instability
What was most signi cant about the Beatles’ playing long sets in Hamburg?
They began to feel like a professional rock band.
They gained valuable feedback from the audience.
They practiced many songs in various genres.
They gained name recognition across Europe.
They were able to perfect their popular songs.
The main reason Langan drops out of college is that
his needs and efforts were disregarded by administrators.
his courses were not intellectually engaging.
he felt intimidated by his urban peers.
he could not afford tuition without a scholarship.
he understood calculus better than his professor did.
The most notable effect of the anaphora in the lines “He wasn’t holding forth at academic conferences. He wasn’t leading a graduate seminar at some prestigious university” is to
illustrate how balanced Langan’s career could have been.
emphasize that Langan missed many academic opportunities.
reveal the monotony of Langan’s life.
show how similar academic conferences and seminars are.
recount the positions Langan was not able to attain.
What is most important about the instruction at KIPP Academy?
It teaches students about meaningful work.
It offers underprivileged students arts and sports.
The teachers do not accept any excuses.
Students are surrounded by like-minded peers.
It provides quality education for poor geniuses.
How does Gladwell establish what he means by “outlier”?
He refines the meaning to make it more precise.
He states the medical meaning after the dictionary definition.
He provides the denotation and then explains the connotation.
He explains why he has titled the book Outliers.
He explains why he has titled the book Outliers.
