Reading Comprehension Quiz (Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”

Read “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question Gladwell begins his article with a short history of the Woolworth’s Lunch Counter sit-ins in 1960. Why start this article with this historical event?

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Question Gladwell writes, “Innovators tend to be solipsists” (par. 9). What is a “solipsist”?

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Question In section two of this article, Gladwell debunks the idea that the revolutions started in 2010 were fueled through the use of social media. He then goes on to illustrate historical facts about past revolutions. What do most revolutions have in common, according to Gladwell?

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Question Gladwell contrasts social media activism and traditional activism. What is the biggest difference?

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Question According to Gladwell’s analysis of social media activism compared to traditional activism, past protest movements were ultimately successful because of

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Question Based on this article, the reader might assume that access to communications and information in the modern world has

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Question Based on this article, does Gladwell approve of social media protest?

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Question In the conclusion to this article, Gladwell quotes Evan Shirky’s question “What happens next”? Gladwell replies, “What happens next is more of the same. A networked, weak-tie world is good at things like helping Wall Streeters get phones back from teen-age girls. Viva la revolución.” Why does he include this famous quote from the French Revolution?

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