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- Published: Friday, 23 January 2015 17:22
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Cultural Literacy quiz Paul-Scarlet
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Student's Name appears here | | | Course Name appears here | | | QuizStar | | 10 Cultural Literacy Paul-Scarlet | | | | | 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. | | | |
10 Cultural Literacy Paul-Scarlet | | | | |
 | | 1. 1 pt(s). | "Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of ______________" from Longfellow's poem. |  | A. | Rocky Balboa |  | B. | Jumpin Jack Flash |  | C. | George Washington |  | D. | Paul Revere |  | E. | Mr. Ed |
 | | 2. 1 pt(s). | What happens to children in Neverland? |  | A. | They are eaten for food |  | B. | They age faster than in other places |  | C. | They never grow up |  | D. | They never learn to speak |
 | | 3. 1 pt(s). | Why does the Pied Piper of Hamelin lure all the children away? |  | A. | He wants to show them his new video game system in his basement |  | B. | He wants to eat them as food |  | C. | He wants to take them to Neverland |  | D. | Their parents mistreat them |  | E. | He does not get paid for getting rid of the town's rats |
 | | 4. 1 pt(s). | This story is an allegory that has a main character named Christian travel from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. |  | A. | Poor Richard's Almanack |  | B. | Paradise Lost |  | C. | The Pilgrim's Progress |  | D. | The Scarlet Letter |  | E. | Robinson Crusoe |
 | | 5. 1 pt(s). | Author known for his poems like "The Bells" and his horror stories. |  | A. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |  | B. | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |  | C. | Tarzan |  | D. | Percy Bysshe Shelley |  | E. | Edgar Allan Poe |
 | | 6. 1 pt(s). | The national poet in Britain is known as the ______________, and the United States has its own version of the position, too. |  | A. | poetry king |  | B. | poet laureate |  | C. | poet knowit |  | D. | poetry god |  | E. | poet incognito |
 | | 7. 1 pt(s). | Which early American wrote Poor Richard's Almanack? |  | A. | George Washington |  | B. | Abe Lincoln |  | C. | Richard Nixon |  | D. | Thomas Jefferson |  | E. | Benjamin Franklin |
 | | 8. 1 pt(s). | A professor trains a poor, uneducated girl, to act and speak like a lady in this story by George Bernard Shaw. |  | A. | Pygmalion |  | B. | My Unfair Lady |  | C. | Robin Hood |  | D. | The Taming of the Shrew |  | E. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
 | | 9. 1 pt(s). | This short novel depicts a young man whose romantic notions of war are shattered and the title also denotes the injury he receives. |  | A. | The Red Badge of Courage |  | B. | The Scarlet Letter |  | C. | Robinson Crusoe |  | D. | The Tempest |  | E. | Tobacco Road |
 | | 10. 1 pt(s). | He lived with his Merry Men in Sherwood Forest and stole from the rich to give to the poor. |  | A. | Robin Yount |  | B. | Robin Hood |  | C. | Robinson Crusoe |  | D. | Robin Leach |  | E. | Robin Grayson |
 | | 11. 1 pt(s). | What does Robinson Crusoe do when he is stranded for 28 years on an island? |  | A. | He relaxes... a lot |  | B. | He is constantly building boats and trying to sail home |  | C. | He civilizes his surroundings by building and furnishing a house, making clothing, and growing crops |  | D. | He finds a wormhole and travels through time and space |
 | | 12. 1 pt(s). | The literary movement that is about personal emotion, free play of the imagination, freedom from rules of form, and escape from the Industrial Revolution. |  | A. | Realism |  | B. | Fakism |  | C. | Institutionalism |  | D. | Democracy |  | E. | Romanticism |
 | | 13. 1 pt(s). | To where did Alex Haley trace his roots? |  | A. | South America |  | B. | Alaska |  | C. | Africa |  | D. | Europe |  | E. | Asia |
 | | 14. 1 pt(s). | Carl Sandburg was from ______________ and wrote a lot about the Midwest. |  | A. | Boston |  | B. | London |  | C. | Chicaqo |  | D. | New York |  | E. | Cape Town |
 | | 15. 1 pt(s). | What was Hester Prynne's Scarlet Letter? |  | A. | An "S" that stood for "skeeze" |  | B. | An "N" that stood for "naughty" |  | C. | An "H" that stood for "happy" |  | D. | An "A" that stood for "adulterer" |  | E. | An "E" that stood for "easy" | |
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