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A review of all important things
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1
Which of the following was not the site of multilple human deaths?
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Watergate
Auschwitz
2
Which one of these is not a philosopher?
Cleopatra
Plato
Confucius
Socrates
3
Quid pro quo is in which langauge?
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
French
4
In the story "A Rose for Emily" what did people assume was the goal for a woman like Emily?
professional position
wealth
marriage
honour in the community
5
Who says, "A man loves the meat in his youth, that he cannot endure in his age."
Beatrice
Benedick
Leonato
Don Pedro
6
Which of the following is not related to WW2?
Auschwitz
Napoleon
Gestapo
Enola Gay
7
Which of the following characters is famed for heroic behaviour?
Pavlov
Uncle Sam
Icarus
Rosa Parks
8
In "The Interlopers" who are the two main characters?
Ivan and Leonard
Ulrich and Georg
Grad and Zaid
Vladimir and Harry
9
Who wrote "The Lottery"?
William Faulkner
H.H. Munro
Saki
Shirley Jackson
10
Where was the novel
Of Mice and Men
set?
California
Washington
Oklahoma
New York
11
Which of the following characters was not involved in music?
Isaac Newton
Ludwig von Beethoven
Yoko Ono
George Gershwin
12
Where does the story, "The Sniper" take place?
Scotland
Ireland
England
Italy
13
Of the following, who or what does not die in
Of Mice and Men
?
Lennie
Candy's dog
George
Curley's wife
14
Which of the following is/are literary character(s)?
Lady Godiva
Pocahontas
Christopher Robin
Florence Nightingale
15
Mother Theresa is most associated with work in which country?
Italy
Turkey
India
Syria
16
Which of the following characters was not murdered?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mahatma Gandhi
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
17
Which of the following is connected to Biblical stories?
Plato
Utopia
Zeus
Judas
18
Who is the dead man the sniper discovers in the street?
Himself
His son
His father
His brother
19
Which of the following is most associated with women's rights?
Scapegoat
Quasimodo
Suffragettes
Prohibition
20
In
Much Ado
who creates the plan to disrupt Hero's wedding?
Don John
Don Pedro
Boracchio
Claudio
21
Who said, "That's one small step for man..."?
Jesse Owens
Charlie Brown
Neil Armstrong
Rosa Parks
22
Who is responsible for the plan to bring Benedick and Beatrice together?
Claudio
Don Pedro
Leonato
Hero
23
Two men believe Hero is innocent when accused of having an affair. Who are they?
Benedick and the friar
Boracchio and Dogberry
Don Pedro and Leonato
Claudio and Leonato
24
Which of the following people was not an artist?
Sigmund Freud
Pablo Picasso
Charles M. Schulz
Andy Warhol
25
Which one of the following is not related or connected to France?
Catch 22
Joan of Arc
Quasimodo
Bastille
26
How does Emily manage to kill Homer Barron?
Starvation
Strangulation
Poison
Gun shot
27
Which of the following characters was American?
Aaron Copland
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Nelson Mandela
28
Which of the following is not part of classical mythology?
Zeus
Stonehenge
Fates
Sirens
29
Which of the following characters is associated with geographical exploration?
Leif Erikson
Marie Curie
Alexander Hamilton
Vladimir Lenin
30
Which of the following items connects to the Renaissance?
Charles Lindberg
Dead Sea Scrolls
Michelangelo
Group of Seven
31
One similarity between the killing of the dog and the killing of Lennie is that they both...
were going to die of old age anyway.
would have to suffer if they continued to live.
got into trouble and deserved to die.
caused others to suffer.
32
In the end, when the wolves come for the men, why can Georg not see them?
A tree blocks his view
The sun is too bright
There is blood in his eyes
He is already dead.
33
In "The Lottery" who is the one person chosen at the end?
Mr. Graves
Tessie
Little Davy
Bill
34
In the story, "The Sniper" what makes the enemy aware of the sniper's presence?
He fires a shot at him
He lights a cigarette
Noise when he drops his gun
He sneezes
35
Identify a quote by Jesus
"Let them eat cake"
"Let the dead bury the dead."
"The writing is on the wall."
"Open Sesame"
36
Which of these characters was killed?
Karl Marx
Ferdinand Magellan
Mother Theresa
Jesse Owens
37
Who wrote
Of Mice and Men
?
Steinbeck
Shakespeare
Jackson
Faulkner
38
Why did many people in town complain about Miss Emily's house?
They wanted her to sell it
There were broken windows
It needed paint
It had a terrible smell
39
About what are the two families in "The Interlopers" fighting?
Money
A woman
They have forgotten why they are fighting
Land
40
Which of the following items do you connect with professional sports?
Vladimir Lenin
Joe Louis
Leif Erikson
M.C. Escher
