Malcolm Gladwell, What College Rankings Really Tell Us

What College Rankings Really Tell Us

Malcolm Gladwell 

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take the quiz below to check your comprehension of the reading selection:

Question 6.12

9DVvKnA+MhzPhSN7cbFodgn4Xdhql2EiCowvV5FUWKuvRehxgaMn2xvYSB+JV/4RePAR2hRMzjDU1B+7ir7kunzbmgaolD/zgJMWRHArAvPn2xr4m511fwXpkVb8duvBjiNW61Ti0W6wE94uk8MpKOJSxZMuwwqaibqDpiETwjjUXecZ92d8YTY0Kez7QQHDWjown6EOnu6BKCV6fjrugJQPUlmrlLOfCZrFgDevudg=
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 6.13

fUqZ4uYUFjifHlECq/T1kROgrkG0lI5Q4K2KOYqZqirYcsaAVME2HXcHNvcfg0rFaErJ2eFt1+IsHzDvWGtBkb0jR/JaEk5NaS+d6ZeAHUvCGGdI8cxfCDDjLk6Wj/EOi/r/jbrNMnWvMFwV1239525VR5G9UNlzw/3/UgI2z/uT5GrNArxL12syg7rusUBcqlPEEjJgfARm72giKtM97YWvSSK0or2F
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 6.14

eGobJMb+opFZWzzpIKRtMgZaBvPqMtnFdlcPmPBHDPTlw+BtOpPLb3bo3bf56eOlYzFHdNby3JoOJoG+/rx71EvbnBW2tTo3sqsvg8zxw/0lmCXmhIe9eKHOPKUFEEoovRRHr8I6gvFa8DK8YvnMA5diI8y9lcMsyYUm6oEw/1uHWZCh7rJvuMwpqaDgPw5znyc1YV35qHTkP1tz4Q1IW7xchD4mCdI2hkgdZfyT5yv70jGjoRvrck8c/zsYjKrx
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 6.15

+NjaWH0mR/eX+rHhivea1fjCL38HIxoSIH72HxTE4yNL0dkGWm50A1Yu050X3Wa7wIwh9E03Vu13OvNYe1MdkRJY8Fg9Z9NPtbPon/J5QsOp3GsFwoOcvJSyVds9E+d7oK8si8nXVHm3HEduYG6a8HEiYNYwmMjBTKWjzMc3kyA=
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

Question 6.16

ztNwmLqCUUKKiRGnHkedM3irOi332n5f4vgR/3b3z/EPjHjsbYpmYpJPgMALJyYEYlo+Z6KUtQ5O951IOb91sNVileugEB+mPxCGe0GrEchqf/UPdAWhFAETCpaiHP9Id4ns0dxEYG8=
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

READING SUMMARY

Question 6.17

j8lP5GVJL8FTrOWahqvoe01eSerJSiXZKV1dtoRMN9B2rNKWgWpRFVyY5eiKI5cy5a8iwZedxYWCV7bS6SymplfEDf/lY+x6FT3GXSCUKgr5xe6u+0AGNSGv55lnyvM+oNQ4YMAh6djijTQwUPoKxK2xPjNTyAZlY7gfnavr77NE6dfIsA9bRUX8dKO+8mJofX3zJj7aoIse8iR9VftSro964zRFCXd5to1u6Pis/ZMjv660UAtbqDXJzuPDnG5EtSil0Tqm1KjhZSrbzddGS/o8QZJsBs7P4hm+y0uEODfYcYa7zTitXHPdREHxewxWvxQX91XH3UzdVXxavT1CCHMjMP8knvffHvoUzzy3iHXQWdGREDL2wMhGtYefB1MGJPiU1jQ74OYQLbUX6rug5nD+tjoQ1zc379AjKpqJCU18TN/fyM4Pd0ciTu/nNTsGBaKaOW1NBSzst08l3PK/ibIZ6J5T5dX4QHNk5uRrGJqzDUBy
Below is an example summary of this reading selection: Gladwell critiques the way that U.S. News ranks colleges because the criteria used are not objective and do not take into account variables that may be important to some people. Gladwell compares college rankings to the kind of rankings done on various autos, which again don’t take into account variables that would be important to many people, such as cost. Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading:

Question 6.18

DSSMrqyx/H+1Mt1jqoxzWzkOgEebwrvU0nhYXEU1EnQcLC35sxDrNKCA8QdPtrgcQlEW5BESP0qjV84L/GrrvC9HWzIjad3N
Heterogeneous means varied or diverse.

Question 6.19

Hw5XpbU7konsGA8K/TAWRPGopSBXisIB2ReHhrSuAunj22WdpJLVmpu2f4fuGFPQDOBu2eqvdya85ymFMCjTAc6nZ/M=
Methodology means method or system.

Question 6.20

XXUaghnG1FBr2yjdlYfCM1o2kG5sIojs5Fhd0MNqjg2UUnlF5hrBq0FLAUrLSwPOhXsqBkC70qJ1zqr/3Pzj8C4XGio=
Efficacy means efficiency or usefulness.