Grammar & Language
What part of speech describes or modifies a noun?
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Preposition
What is B. Adjective?
What do you call the main character of a story?
A. Antagonist
B. Foil
C. Protagonist
D. Narrator
What is C. Protagonist?
What is the value of 52?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
What is C. 25?
Who was the first President of the United States?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Adams
C. George Washington
D. James Madison
What sport is played with a bat, ball, and bases?
A. Cricket
B. Baseball
C. Softball
D. Tee-ball
What is B. Baseball?
What punctuation mark is used to show possession or contractions?
A. Comma
B. Quotation mark
C. Apostrophe
D. Colon
What is C. Apostrophe?
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. William Shakespeare
C. John Milton
D. Christopher Marlowe
What is B. William Shakespeare?
Solve: 18 ÷ 3 + 4?
A. 6
B. 10
C. 12
D. 18
What is B. 10?
What war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States?
A. Revolutionary War
B. War of 1812
C. Civil War
D. Spanish-American War
What is C. Civil War?
Which fitness component measures muscular strength?
A. Flexibility
B. Endurance
C. Muscular strength
D. Agility
What is C. Muscular Strength?
Identify the literary device: The wind whispered through the trees.
A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Personification
What is D. Personification?
What type of poem has 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme?
A. Ode
B. Haiku
C. Ballad
D. Sonnet
What is D. Sonnet?
What is the slope of the line y=3x+2?
A. 2
B. 3
C. -3
D. 1/3
What is B. 3?
What document begins with the words “We the People”?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Magna Carta
D. U.S. Constitution
What is D. US Constitution?
What muscle group is primarily used during push-ups?
A. Quadriceps
B. Triceps
C. Pectorals
D. Hamstrings
What is C. Pectorals?
What do you call a word that sounds like what it describes?
A. Simile
B. Idiom
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Oxymoron
What is C. Onomatopoeia?
What literary device involves a contrast between expectation and reality?
A. Symbolism
B. Irony
C. Allegory
D. Allusion
What is B. Irony?
Solve for x: 2x−6=10?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 10
What is C. 8?
What global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945?
A. World War I
B. Cold War
C. World War II
D. Korean War
What is World War II?
Which sport uses positions called setter and libero?
A. Basketball
B. Volleyball
C. Soccer
D. Handball
What is B. Volleyball?
What type of sentence gives a command?
A. Interrogative
B. Declarative
C. Exclamatory
D. Imperative
What is D. Imperative?
What is it called when an author gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Personification
D. Simile
What is C. Personification?
What is the degree of the polynomial: 4x3+2x2-x+7?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 7
What is B. 3?
What term describes a period of tension between nations without direct fighting?
A. Armistice
B. Detente
C. Cold War
D. Ceasefire
What is C. Cold War?
What term describes the maximum amount of oxygen the body can use during exercise?
A. METs
B. Anaerobic threshold
C. VO₂ max
D. Lung capacity
What is C. VO₂ max?