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1
Which word uses the Latin root for "wave"?
venerable
inundate
aplomb
acme
2
BONUS 3: What do semicolons combine?
phrases
fragments
independent clauses
dependent clauses
3
BONUS 5: What does it mean to do something
perfunctorily
?
without enthusiasm
with new insight
with dedication
without hesitation
4
Unscramble a synonym for "confidence."
B L A P M O
Y R U L C
S W A N R E
X A M M I
5
BONUS 1: What does
kairos
refer to?
audience's desire for change
timing and structure
personality differences
sympathy for the opposition
6
BONUS 4: Which one does Sam Anderson NOT compare to chips?
infinity
an astronaut
human breaths
a pharoah in a tomb
7
What is the French translation of
esprit de l'escalier
?
"spirit of the staircase"
"soul of the scales"
"hope of the stars"
"heartbreak of the stranger"
8
Unscramble a synonym for
maxim
.
Y I G A N S
L O D U W
O D B O L
W E E R N
9
BONUS 2: From where did Quique Aviles emigrate?
El Salvador
Honduras
The Dominican Republic
Ecuador
10
BONUS 1: Where did Lorraine Hansberry's father die?
Jacksonville
Mexico
Chicago
Italy
11
BONUS 4: Complete: "____, Walter!"
Good idea
Leave me alone
That ain't none of our money
Eat your eggs
12
Which word can be used to describe "pious platitudes"?
hackneyed
counterintuitive
cryptic
monolithic
13
BONUS 2: How did Hansberry's husband earn enough money to make it possible for her to write full-time?
wrote a pop song
wrote a Broadway play
discovered oil
won a housing lawsuit
14
Athletes usually want to
capitulate
.
True
False
15
BONUS 4: What does "homo" mean in Latin?
wisdom
human
pair
same
16
Which of the following does NOT have a positive connotation?
inundate
scintillate
acme
aplomb
17
Complete: "The jury was able to ______ the defendant; they saw that her charges were based on ______ evidence."
vindicate; spurious
vindicate; hackneyed
vindicate; monolithic
capitulate; cryptic
18
BONUS 3: Who wrote the poem "Harlem" that
A Raisin in the Sun
takes its title from?
Robert Nemiroff
James Baldwin
Lorraine Hansberry
Langston Hughes
19
BONUS 3: What is Chinua Achebe's most famous work?
Things Fall Apart
Arrow of God
"Marriage Is a Private Affair"
I Guess I'm Not Going to Outlive Queen Elizabeth After All WTF
20
Blithe
people move cautiously because they're worried.
True
False
21
BONUS 6: Can you trust this person or people?
Probably not.
Definitely.
Absolutely not.
Maybe not, but who cares?
22
What kind of person would
scintillate
?
someone intelligent and charming
someone mischievous
someone with a lot of work to do
someone careless and disorganized
23
BONUS 8: Which word's definition was accompanied by this photo?
frisson
opulent
astute
ambiguity
24
BONUS 5: When in Shakespeare's career did he write
Macbeth
?
After his death
Late
Early
Middle
25
BONUS 6: In all the universe, in what one city did these global legends of Black literature meet for the first time?
Lagos
New York
Gainesville
Atlanta
26
BONUS 2: The Myers-Briggs personality test is scientifically valid.
False
True
27
Which word is a
synonym
of
greed
?
aplomb
avarice
cryptic
blithe
28
Complete: "It may be _____, but we burn hundreds of calories during a night of sleep."
intelligible
hackneyed
venerable
counterintuitive
29
BONUS 1: What are Murrow's first name and middle initials?
Howard L.
Edgar O.
Edward R.
Richard R.
30
Legible and
intelligible
are closely related in meaning.
True
False
31
BONUS 7: Which of these does NOT describe a soliloquy?
The form does not exist in novels.
The speaker uses a speech to reveal their thinking.
Speakers may be alone onstage, or accompanied by other characters.
Other characters are supposed to be able to hear it.
