Allusions Review (2)

Question 1

The term Chauvinism comes from...

Accepted Answer

A French soldier who had a small-minded devotion to Napoleon

Question 2

Acting like Pollyanna means you are...

Accepted Answer

Overly happy and optimistic

Question 3

What does the term "Big Brother" mean today?

Accepted Answer

Someone who is oppressing or restricting your freedoms

Question 4

The allusion "Eden" refers to...

Accepted Answer

Somewhere beautiful and perfect, The Garden of Eden in the Bible

Question 5

The name mnemonics comes from...

Accepted Answer

The Greek Goddess of Memory

Question 6

In Greek Mythology, what did Narcissus love more than anything else?

Accepted Answer

Himself

Question 7

Stockholm Syndrome is when hostages develop a ...

Accepted Answer

Psychological alliance to their captors

Question 8

What does the term Watergate mean nowadays?

Accepted Answer

A big scandal

Question 9

The story of Job is in _______ and he ________.

Accepted Answer

The Bible, Loses everything

Question 10

The Italian adventurer who was known for having many affairs was ______.

Accepted Answer

Casanova

Question 11

The Good Samaritan was...

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A parable told by Jesus, All of the Above, A story telling people how to be kind to each other, A Samaritan who helped a Jew who had been robbed

Question 12

The term "Scrooge" comes from the ______ by _______.

Accepted Answer

Novel, Charles Dickens

Question 13

The term "Big Brother" is from what George Orwell novel?

Accepted Answer

1984

Question 14

Freudian slip is an allusion to...

Accepted Answer

The famous psychologist Sigmund Freud

Question 15

Pandora's Box is an artifact from...

Accepted Answer

Greek Mythology

Question 16

The term "Stockholm Syndrome" came from...

Accepted Answer

A bank robbery in the 1970's in Stockholm, Sweden

Question 17

The ______ river was where Caesar entered Italy with an army even though it was illegal.

Accepted Answer

Rubicon

Question 18

Today, the term "Casanova" means a _____.

Accepted Answer

Womanizer

Question 19

"Going thru the eye of the needle" refers to...

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The very small, narrow entrance into Jerusalem, Accomplishing something really hard, Getting into the "kingdom of Heaven", All of the Above

Question 20

Draconian comes from a very harsh law scribe in ___________.

Accepted Answer

Greek Mythology

Question 21

Protean is an allusion to what?

Accepted Answer

A Greek God who could change himself into anything he wanted

Question 22

This term means lacking in significance due to overuse.

Accepted Answer

Hackneyed

Question 23

To be chauvinistic is...

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To be sexist, To have an attitude of superiority towards the opposite sex

Question 24

Draconian means...

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With great severity

Question 25

A ruthless campaign that was held against alleged Communists in the 1950's was...

Accepted Answer

McCarthyism

Question 26

The Watergate Scandal was with President _______ in the 1970's.

Accepted Answer

Nixon

Question 27

What is the definition of a Catch-22?

Accepted Answer

A situation you can't escape from b/c of contradicting rules

Question 28

A Pyrrhic Victory alludes to...

Accepted Answer

King Pyrrhus defeating the Romans but losing many of his men

Question 29

Nowadays, a "Pandora's Box" is...

Accepted Answer

Any source of great and unexpected trouble

Question 30

Someone who dislikes something that most people love is a ________.

Accepted Answer

Scrooge

Question 31

A nowadays "Job" is someone who...

Accepted Answer

Has struggled throughout their life

Question 32

To "cross the Rubicon" means...

Accepted Answer

You've passed the point of no return

Question 33

The definition of a Freudian slip is...

Accepted Answer

Unintentional error that reveals subconscious feelings

Question 34

A victory that is offset by staggering losses is a ...

Accepted Answer

Pyrrhic Victory

Question 35

The allusion "fiddling while Rome burns" comes from...

Accepted Answer

Nero, the emperor, literally fiddling while the city burned

Question 36

"Protean" means...

Accepted Answer

To be like Proteus, All of the Above, Taking many forms, Versatile

Question 37

Catch-22 was a _______ by _______.

Accepted Answer

Novel, Joseph Heller

Question 38

What happened during the Waterloo battle?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon was finally defeated

Question 39

Narcissim is ...

Accepted Answer

Being obsessed with yourself, Fixating on yourself rather than other, All of the Above, Being overly concerned with how overs view you

Question 40

Mnemonics are...

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Memorization devices, Both of the Above, Any learning technique that aids in information retention

Question 41

What does McCarthyism mean now?

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All of the Above, Going after someone with very little evidence, Acting like Senator McCarthy did, Very similar to a witch hunt

Question 42

Someone's "Waterloo" is their...

Accepted Answer

Point of defeat

Question 43

Today, a Trojan Horse is...

Accepted Answer

Some kind of trick involving misdirection

Question 44

What does Pollyanna refer to?

Accepted Answer

A best-selling children's book

Question 45

"Fiddling while Rome burns" refers to a leader that is...

Accepted Answer

Ineffectual and Ignorant

Question 46

_____ vs. ____ refers to a situation when a small person defeats a large person (or problem)

Accepted Answer

David vs. Goliath

Question 47

The Trojan Horse is from the story...

Accepted Answer

of the Trojan War when the Greeks entered the city of Troy

Question 48

Filthy lucre is a ______ allusion to _______ money.

Accepted Answer

Biblical, dirty

Question 49

_____ was a type of horse you could rent out for pulling carts or trotting.

Accepted Answer

Hackneyed

Question 50

To "throw the baby out with the bath water" is to...

Accepted Answer

Get rid of something good with the bad

Allusions Review (2)

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Allusions Review (2)

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