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- Category: Cultural Literacy
- Published: Friday, 23 January 2015 10:29
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Here's a quiz for Cultural Literacy English Lit Lew-Mot, complete with Quizstar code
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Student's Name appears here | | | Course Name appears here | | | QuizStar | | | | | Directions: | | | 1. Answer the questions below by clicking the button next to the best answer choice or typing your correct answer. Each question's answers are in grey. | 2. At the end of every page click the next button to move forward to the next page. DO NOT HIT THE BROWSER'S BACK BUTTON! | 3. On the last page of the Quiz you will be able to see which questions are unanswered, are answered and have been flagged. | | | |
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 | | 1. 1 pt(s). | Sinclair Lewis criticized what in his novels? |  | A. | the meat packing industry |  | B. | small town narrowness and insincere preachers |  | C. | the scientific method |  | D. | fast cars and fast women |  | E. | big cities and gang violence |
 | | 2. 1 pt(s). | This song is often called the African-American national anthem, and it promotes freedom and hope. |  | A. | Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing |  | B. | The Greatest Love of All |  | C. | Friday |  | D. | Teach Your Children Well |  | E. | Free at Last |
 | | 3. 1 pt(s). | "Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of _________________. |  | A. | Guinevere |  | B. | former Milwaukee Brewer Rob Deer |  | C. | far to near |  | D. | a man without fear |  | E. | Paul Revere |
 | | 4. 1 pt(s). | What encourages Macbeth to kill the king and take over the throne? |  | A. | Prayer |  | B. | the prophecy of Nostradamus |  | C. | the prophecy of three witches and encouragement of his wife |  | D. | an order from his best friend |  | E. | the fact that the king stole his wife and murdered his son |
 | | 5. 1 pt(s). | If someone says, "She doesn't reprehend the meaning of the word," that person is using what? |  | A. | Socratic questioning |  | B. | Middle English |  | C. | the future perfect continuous tense |  | D. | a malapropism |
 | | 6. 1 pt(s). | In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what do the fairies do with the mortals in the forest? |  | A. | the fairies dance and sing for them |  | B. | the fairies use pranks and enchantments on them |  | C. | the fairies accuse the mortals of trying to expose the fairy nation |  | D. | the fairies force to the mortals to be their slaves |
 | | 7. 1 pt(s). | The Norman Conquest of 1066 (the Battle of Hastings eventually led to what language being used in England? |  | A. | Italian |  | B. | Old English |  | C. | German |  | D. | Middle English |  | E. | American English |
 | | 8. 1 pt(s). | In Paradise Lost by Milton, he tells the story of the fall of man, and wants the story to: |  | A. | justify the ways of men to God |  | B. | justify the ways of women to men |  | C. | justify the ways of men to their mother-in-laws |  | D. | justify the ways of Satan to men |  | E. | justify the ways of God to men |
 | | 9. 1 pt(s). | What is the secret in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"? |  | A. | a man who is really a secret agent pretends to be repressed and hen-pecked |  | B. | a man who is repressed and ordinary imagines he does great things |  | C. | a man is an assassin and doesn't want to tell his parents |  | D. | his secret is that he's really Wanda Mitty |  | E. | he's married to two women in different states |
 | | 10. 1 pt(s). | A very famous first line from a novel is "Call me ____________." |  | A. | Armageddon |  | B. | Mother Goose |  | C. | Macbeth |  | D. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |  | E. | Ishmael |
 | | 11. 1 pt(s). | What is Captain Ahab's obsessive quest in Moby Dick? |  | A. | To get his leg back from the whale named Moby Dick |  | B. | To kill the whale named Moby Dick |  | C. | To get a letter through enemy lines to his wife |  | D. | To survive the fishing season with his crew |  | E. | To make enough money to return to college |
 | | 12. 1 pt(s). | Why is Jonathan Swift's ironic modest proposal so shocking? |  | A. | He suggests we should all get an education |  | B. | He suggests Irish children should go to work in the fields |  | C. | He suggests Irish children should join gangs |  | D. | He suggests Irish children should be sold as food |  | E. | He suggests Ireland should be bombed by English planes |
 | | 13. 1 pt(s). | Which term does NOT describe Mother Goose rhymes? |  | A. | brief |  | B. | anonymous |  | C. | traditional |  | D. | rhymes |  | E. | epic |
 | | 14. 1 pt(s). | This author is often seen as one of ENGLAND's greatest, along with Chaucer and Shakespeare: |  | A. | Walter Mitty |  | B. | Herman Melville |  | C. | James Joyce |  | D. | Mother Goose |  | E. | John Milton |
 | | 15. 1 pt(s). | From what language did Middle English borrow in order to make it more like modern English and less like the German of Old English? |  | A. | German - twice the German made it less German |  | B. | Modern English |  | C. | Japanese |  | D. | French |  | E. | Greek | |
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