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1
Which novel was NOT written by Dostoyevsky?
The Possessed
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
2
Which one of the following four terms does not apply to Greek vases?
lethykos
stele
kylix
amphora
3
Which in spherical geometry represents the sum of the angles of a triangle.
greater than 180 degrees
equal to 180 degrees
equal to any number
less than 180 degrees
4
Name the Russian dynasty that came to power in 1613 as a result of the Time of Troubles.
Bourbon
Rurik
Romanov
Tudor
5
Which Beethoven Symphony and nickname is mismatched?
Third - Eroica
Fifth - Fate
Eighth - Chorale
Sixth - Pastoral
6
What play was Lincoln watching when he was killed?
Eugene Onegin
An American Tragedy
The Master Builder
Our American Cousin
7
Who said: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
Admiral David Farragut
Oliver Hazard Perry
Captain John Paul Jones
Commodore George Dewey
8
Which word does not belong?
eulogy
tirade
enconium
paean
9
Which composition is not by Igor Stravinsky?
Rite of Spring
Spartacus
Petrushka
The Firebird
10
What play follows Nora as she draws away from her family and leaves her husband and children?
The Master Builder
Eugene Onegin
Our American Cousin
A Doll's House
11
Which artist used paper cutouts as a form of artistic expression when he could no longer paint?
Monet
Picasso
Matisse
Manet
12
Which one of the following four sentences does NOT contain a misplaced modifier?
In 1776, Washington and his troops camped at Valley Forge.
Working overtime, our wages increased.
We heard that the plane had crashed on the radio.
Barking loudly, I yelled at the unruly dog.
13
What is the capital of the Sudan?
Niamey
Libreville
Khartoum
Tunis
14
Which British writer was NOT born in India?
Eric Blair
George Orwell
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Conrad
15
Name the conic section: r equals 12 divided by the quantity 3 minus 6 times cosine theta.
ellipse
circle
parabola
hyberbola
16
What is the largest moon in the solar system?
Io
Titan
Callisto
Ganymede
17
Identify the character in Romeo and Juliet who killed Mercutio.
Caliban
Romeo
Benvolio
Tybalt
18
Which one of the following four gives the US Congress the power to levy an income tax?
Article III of the Constitution
the US Supreme Court
an executive order
a constitutional amendment
19
Who was NOT a member of the Mighty Handful of Russian composers?
Tchaikovsky
Mussorgsky
Balakirev
Rimsky-Korsakov
20
Which pair were NOT spouses?
Aphrodite - Ares
Penelope - Odysseus
Zeus - Hera
Pasiphae - Minos
21
Name the 5th century religious leader born in Africa who became the Bishop of Hippo.
Thomas Aquinas
Athanasius
Augustine
Solomon
22
Which map projection comes closest to giving the correct sizes and shapes of land masses?
Mollweide
topographical
Mercator
interrupted
23
Which of the following was not written by Shakespeare?
Coriolanus
The Winter's Tale
Dr Faustus
Cymbeline
24
Who was the grandfather of Charlemagne?
Herrmann
Charles Martel
Adolph Hitler
Pepin the Short
25
Which one of the following four contain outstanding examples of prehistoric painting?
Thermopylae
Arles
Lascaux
Guernica
26
Which leader was nicknamed Il Duce?
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Otto von Bismarck
Francisco Franco
27
Which of the following four terms is NOT related to ballet?
arabesque
pas de deux
foie gras
pirouette
28
Which Arthurian knight is described as the purest?
Galahad
Tristan
Gawain
Lancelot
29
Which one of the following four names of art movements was not originally a derogatory term?
Gothic
Impressionism
Dada
Fauvism
30
Which Egyptian Pharaoh came first?
Narmer
Rameses II
Cleopatra VII
Tutankamun
31
Which poet called Chicago the "Hog Butcher of the World"?
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
Carl Sandburg
32
Which composer was active during the Baroque Era?
Haydn
Mendelsohn
Puccini
Handel
33
Identify the English monarch who wrote a response to Martin Luther's "95 Theses".
Phillip VI
Rudolph II
Henry VIII
Charles V
34
Which 5th century BC Greek playwright was NOT a tragedian?
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripedes
Aristophanes
35
Which one of the following four quotations are NOT found in Shakespeare’s
Macbeth
?
Double, double toil and trouble.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
There's no Art to find the mind's construction in the face.
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
36
Which thermodynamic process does not require thermal energy to go into or out of the system?
isovolumetric
adiabatic
isobaric
isothermal
37
Which one of the following is NOT a defense mechanism?
intellectualization
regression
denial
repression
38
Who was NOT a member of George Washington's cabinet?
Edmund Randolph
Henry Knox
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
39
Which muse is mismatched?
Clio - History
Calliope - Epic Poetry
Terpsichore - Comedy
Urania - Astronomy
40
Name the brother-in-law of Oedipus Rex.
Tiresias
Sophocles
Creon
Laius