Vocab
Which word is used for "postulation"?
Claim
Which party does Trump belong to?
The Republican Party
What word is used for the evolution of the meaning of the American Dream?
Transformation.
Change the adjective "ostentatious" into an adverb.
Ostentatiously
How many years is a "decade"?
Ten years.
What is the antithesis of the adjective "urban"?
Rural
Which political party is also called the Liberals?
The Democrats
What is - according to Ben Carson - the central part of the American Dream? (One word)
Homeownership
What is the tense of the verb in this sentence?: Small business like we haven’t seen in many many decades. You may answer in Danish.
Perfectum/Førnutid
In 1963 someone gave a very famous speech. It was rooted in The American Dream. Who was this person?
Martin Luther King
What is a synonym for "a roaring business"?
A booming business
When did Donald J. Trump win his first Presidency? (month and year)
November 2016
What was the American Dream about before the 1980s? (one word)
Moral
What is the word class of the second word? And what is the form of it? "the fullest stature"
An adjective in the superlative form.
What led to the 2008 Financial Crisis?
The housing bubble.
What is a "house loan" called?
A mortgage.
Which President was partly to blame for the Financial Crisis?
George W. Bush Jr.
What is the American Dream about according to Trump? (two words)
Material success.
Which word class is over-presented in this sentence and which form (positive/comparative/superlative)?
"...which life should be better and richer and fuller..."
Adjectives in the comparative form.
What is the equivalent of the American "Secretary of Housing" in Denmark?
Boligminister
Lay-offs.
Which former President died in December 2024 at the age of 100?
Jimmy Carter
Who wrote "The Epic of America" in 1931?
James Truslow Adams.
Which tense is used in this sentence: Mr. Trump is using the hallowed phrase in pointed ways.
The present continuous
What do we call this kind of language - looking at the rhetoric?: Mr. Trump is using the hallowed phrase in pointed ways.
A metaphor