Outliers Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Outliers Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
To state what an outlier is - CORRECT ANSWER- What is the narrative purpose of the
definition given at the beginning of the book?
Gladwell discusses the way the Rosetans transported the paesani culture of southern Italy to
the...
Outliers Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
To state what an outlier is - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is the narrative purpose of the
definition given at the beginning of the book?
Gladwell discusses the way the Rosetans transported the paesani culture of southern Italy to
the hills of eastern Pennsylvania. He notes the way they'd created a powerful, protective
social structure that serves to insulate them from the pressures of the modern world. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does Gladwell establish the similarities between Roseto
Valfortore, Italy, and the region the Rosetans settle in the United States?
That the town is its own little world or an outlier - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What does
Gladwell achieve with the use of the direct address to the reader in the following line: "If you
had wandered up and down the streets of Roseto in Pennsylvania in the first few decades after
1900, you would have heard only Italian..."?
When Wolf realizes the secret of the Roseto - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Identify where and
how the tone shifts in the introduction.
He talks about how the town is protected in disease - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Discuss
how Gladwell manipulates his readers' feelings about the information he
provides about Roseto.
By making the use of outlier is in one sentence - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does
Gladwell demonstrates the legitimacy of his use of the term "outlier" in the following
passage: "Wolf's profession had a name for a place like Roseto—a place that lay outside
everyday experience, where the normal rules don't apply. Roseto was an
Outlier"?
The author is using this hypophora to shift the argument to a different solution possibly -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In section two, what is the function of hypophora such as "If diet
and exercise didn't explain the findings, then what about genetics?"
, To show that fact that sometimes even though they don't make sense, the information given is
the truth and you can't explain. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What purpose does the story of
Roseto and Stewart Wolf serve in the greater narrative?
Those who are talented will continue to grow their talent. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Gladwell opens with a passage from the Gospel of Matthew, which is repeated later in the
chapter. What is the narrative function of this epigraph?
Those who strive for riches will fall short and people who don't will get riches - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔How do allusions to biblical, literary, historical, and political figures help
Gladwell clarify his point that society's long-held views toward success are problematic?
Makes the reader think more highly of the information since it already has an answer -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How do techniques like hypophora and the use of first-person and
direct address affect how the reader receives the information and views Gladwell's
perspective?
You not only need hard work, but need the right opportunity and circumstances to achieve
certain things. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Explain how the analogy of the "ecology" of the
"tallest oak in the forest" clarifies Gladwell's point.Success is not just by hard-work, it
requires opportunity and luck.
Instead of saying the players names, he says their birthday to show that the best players were
born in an earlier month. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does Gladwell alter the
recounting of the play-by-play of the hockey game? What purpose does this alteration serve?
The most Successful people are the ones born very soon after the cutoff date, meaning they
are the most physically or mature for their age group. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does
Gladwell prepares his reader to accept his theory explaining the skewed age distribution in
hockey?
He is saying that the solution is not that far off. The reader will take the information for what
it says and no figuring out what it means. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is Gladwell's
purpose in repeating evaluative words like simple and simply when offering his explanation?
What effect does the repetition of these words have on the reader?
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