Art
The patron of an artwork
a. pays for it to be made
b. creates it from raw materials
c. ranks it against its peers
d. preserves it for the future
e. analyzes its historical context
a. pays for it to be made
Predators, prey, and weather are all part of
a. a community
b. biotic factors
c. a population
d. ecological measures
e. the environment
E. the enviornment
Volcanic eruptions will spread
a. carbon monoxide
b. helium
c. hydrogen
d. sulfer dioxide
e. chlorine
D. sulfer dioxide
Which mechanism of critique do both utopian
and dystopian environmental narratives use?
a. allegory
b. pessimism
c. parody
d. irony
e. realism
D. Irony
Which key is a traditional favorite of the twelve-
bar blues?
a. E-flat major
b. F major
c. D major
d. A-flat major
e. G major
B. F major
The Rococo style was PRIMARILY
a. Portuguese
b. Spanish
c. Venetian
d. French
e. Roman
d. French
The majority of human-created carbon dioxide
comes from
a. fossil fuel combustion
b. fertilizer runoff
c. commercial agriculture emissions
d. farm animal respiration
e. burning vegetation to clear fields
B. fertilizer runoff
Humans first burned fossil fuels around
a. 100 years ago
b. 250 years ago
c. 150 years ago
d. 300 years ago
e. 200 years ago
e. 200 years ago
In Solar Storms , what does Angel see in her
dreams?
a. her lost family
b. events of her childhood
c. warnings for the future
d. spells and curses
e. plants and medicine
E. Plants and medicine
The lowest voice in a series of chords is called a
a. bass line
b. chromatic mediant
c. lead melody
d. full cadence
e. fundamental
A. bass line
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
influenced the arts while ruling
a. England
b. France
c. Russia
d. Sweden
e. Austria
C. Russia
An advocate for paper bag use instead of plastic
bags would MOST likely support the value
judgment that
a. air pollution causes more harm than land
pollution
b. environmentalists should prioritize
saving energy over saving wildlife
c. economic impact matters more than
environmental impact
d. benzene is more harmful to the
environment than chlorine
e. the benefits of recycling outweigh the
drawbacks of resource use
D. benzene is more harmful to the environment than chlorine
Chinese history is often portrayed as
a. a timeline of scientific discoveries
b. succession of military conflicts
c. collection of isolated events
d. chronology of trade routes
e. series of successive dynasties
E. series of successive dynasties
Human societies are LEAST likely to view
weather as
a. a source of potential wealth
b. a source of contamination
c. a natural habitat
d. an item of historical significance
e. a divine gift
B. a source of contamination
Niagara Falls was commissioned to
a. commemorate the anniversary of a band
b. celebrate the election of a political official
c. honor the opening of a music festival
d. mark the debut of a new concert hall
e. recognize the retirement of a conductor
A. commemorate the anniversary of a band
Which of the following Renaissance artists is
BEST known for sculpture?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Botticelli
d. Donatello
e. Masaccio
D. Donatello
What did scientists use to organize the geologic
time scale?
a. ice core layers
b. historic temperatures
c. rock layers
d. fossil record
e. carbon dating
D. fossil record
The first civilization developed writing PRIMARILY to
a. establish national sovereignty
b. communicate with neighboring tribes
c. compose religious texts
d. facilitate recordkeeping
e. convey personal stories
D. facilitate recordkeeping
A Shakespearean sonnet contains
a. b. c. e. a sestet and an octave
two quatrains and a sestet
a quatrain and an octave
d. three sestets
e. three quatrains and a couplet
E. three quatrains and a couplet
Which composition was completed in New
Hampshire?
a. Niagara Falls
b. Hermit Thrush at Eve
c. Mississippi River Suite
d. Death Valley Suite
e. Afro-American Symphony
B. Hermit Thrush at Eve
How does a mosque’s qibla wall aid in worship?
a. It elevates the leaders of prayers to let
voices carry.
b. It holds sacred texts away from polluting
elements.
c. It indicates the direction to face while
praying.
d. It displays the text of prayers in
calligraphy.
e. It shows scenes from revered lives.
C. It indicates the direction to face while
praying.
Food webs do NOT
a. typically collapse with the loss of any
species in the food web
b. include many trophic levels, from
producers to tertiary consumers
c. allow for inferences about how changes in
one population will affect others
d. demonstrate multiple predator-prey
interactions
e. include decomposers as part of web
interactions
a. typically collapse with the loss of any
species in the food web
Mesopotamia was in the borders of modern day
a. Algeria
b. Russia
c. Iraq
d. India
e. Egypt
C. Iraq
Gorman is the youngest American poet to
a. read at a presidential inauguration
b. receive a National Book Award
c. be appointed as a United States Poet
Laureate
d. become a U.N. ambassador
e. win the Pulitzer
A. read at a presidential inauguration
The Catholic Church developed music notation
to
a. standardize chants used during religious
services
b. c. teach music to young choir members
simplify the process of composing new
hymns
d. differentiate between regional musical
styles
e. document the history of church musi
A. standardize chants used during religious services