Grammar & Literature
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
Carl went to the store to buy the expensive toy car.
A) Buy
B) Car
C) Expensive
D) Store
What is C. Expensive?
Solve: 21 + 3(4 + 9)
A) 63
B) 69
C) 60
D) 54
What is C. 60?
What type of energy does a stretched rubber band have?
A) Kinetic
B) Motion
C) Potential
D) Chemical
What is C. potential energy?
What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
A) Establish a national bank
B) Warn Europe not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
C) Expand into Asia
D) Form alliances with Africa
What is B) Warn Europe not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere?
What does “dynamics” refer to in music?
A) Rhythm
B) Tempo
C) Volume
D) Harmony
What is C) Volume?
What is the main character in a story called?
A) Antagonist
B) Love interest
C) Protagonist
D) Foil
What is a C. Protagonist?
Which equation passes through the points (2,3) and (4,7)?
A) y = 2x + 7
B) y = 2x − 1
C) y = 2x + 15
D) y = ½x + 2
What is B. y = 2x − 1?
Swimming is an example of which of Newton’s Laws of Motion?
A) First Law
B) Second Law
C) Third Law
D) Fourth Law
What is C. Newton’s Third Law?
What event officially started the American Civil War?
A) Battle of Gettysburg
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Battle of Fort Sumter
D) Missouri Compromise
What is C) Battle of Fort Sumter?
What does chiaroscuro refer to in art?
A) Color gradients
B) Light and shadow technique
C) Abstract shapes
D) Line spacing
What is B) Light and shadow technique?
Which island did Circe reside on in The Odyssey?
A) Ogygia
B) Aeolia
C) Aeaea
D) Scheria
What is C. Aeaea?
Solve for x: 3x² − 5x = −2
A) x = ⅔, x = 1
B) x = −1, x = −⅔
C) x = 5/3, x = 2
D) x = 1, x = 3/2
What is A. x = ⅔ and x = 1?
Which part of the brain helps control balance and posture?
A) Ventriculus
B) Cranium
C) Cerebellum
D) Kneecaps
What is C. cerebellum?
Who coined the term “Cold War”?
A) George Orwell
B) Winston Churchill
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Bernard Baruch
What is D) Bernard Baruch?
Which instrument did jazz artist Benny Goodman mainly play?
A) Trumpet
B) Guitar
C) Clarinet
D) Flute
What is C) Clarinet?
Which rhetorical device uses repeated grammatical structure?
A) Alliteration
B) Parallelism
C) Euphemism
D) Eponym
What is B. parallelism?
What is the degree of the polynomial:
x⁴y³z − 4x²z³ − yz − 9
A) 9
B) 6
C) 8
D) 12
What is C. 8?
Which element has the highest electronegativity?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Chlorine
D) Fluorine
What is D. fluorine?
Which agreement led to the policy of appeasement before World War II?
A) Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
B) Atlantic Charter
C) Munich Agreement
D) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What is C) Munich Agreement?
What does Moore’s Law predict?
A) Transistors double every two years
B) Hardware speed stays constant
C) Transistors decrease over time
D) Chips double every six months
What is A) Transistors double every two years?
Which plot device refers to an unsolvable problem that is suddenly resolved?
A) Cliffhanger
B) Chekhov’s Gun
C) MacGuffin
D) Deus Ex Machina
What is D. Deus Ex Machina?
Simplify: 6i(3i + 12)
A) −18 + 72i
B) 18i² − 72i
C) 12i + 18i
D) 18 − 72i
What is A. −18 + 72i?
Which system of the body is most affected if the thyroid gland is removed?
A) Respiratory
B) Endocrine
C) Immune
D) Integumentary
What is the B. endocrine system?
Which event is believed to have helped spread the Black Death into Europe in 1347?
A) Mongol siege of Baghdad
B) Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
C) Siege of Kaffa
D) Plague outbreak in London
What is C) Siege of Kaffa?
What does Big O notation describe?
A) Hardware speed
B) Operating system errors
C) Algorithm efficiency
D) Programming syntax
What is C) Algorithm efficiency?