Tony Loneman
Dene Oxendene
Frederick Douglass
Emerson & Thoreau
Grammar
100

What is Tony's disability?

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

100

For what is Dene applying?

An arts grant

100
In what state was Douglass enslaved?

Maryland

100

Emerson names four things that drive conformity: education, travel, society, and what else?

Prayer

100

Identify the direct object in the following sentence: I gave my dog a much-needed bath.

bath

200

Where is Tony's mother?

Prison

200

What is Dene's graffiti tag?

Lens

200

What trade does Douglass learn that later turns into a paying job?

Caulking

200

Fill in the blank: "I cannot for an instant recognize that political institution as my government which is __________" -- Thoreau

...the slave's government also

200

Rewrite the following sentence in the passive voice: The students took the test.

The test was taken by the students.

300

Who is Maxine?

Tony's grandmother

300

What kind of film does Dene want to make?

Documentary

300

In which Massachusetts city does Douglas end up?

New Bedford

300

Why does Thoreau spend a night in jail?

Failure to pay his poll taxes

300

What word in the following sentence does the prepositional phrase modify?

The bird flew over the house.

flew

400

What is the name of the first person Tony asks to buy cocaine from?

Carlos

400
How does Dene's uncle die?

Liver failure due to alcoholsim

400

What is the name of the book in which Douglass reads the debate between a slave and his master?

The Colombian Orator

400

Other than slavery, to what other action of the government does Thoreau object?

The Mexican War

400

What is a gerund?

A verbal that ends in -ing and acts as a noun.

500

What exercise does Octavio do in his backyard?

Bench Press

500

Whose quote about Oakland says "there is no there there"?

Gertrude Stein

500

What denomination of Christianity held the revival meeting where Thomas Auld found religion?

Methodism

500

What is the name of the body of water on the shores of which Thoreau lived for two years?

Walden Pond

500

What distinguishes a clause from a phrase?

A clause has a subject and verb; a phrase does not.