Academic 1

Question 1

Which of the following titles should NOT be italicized when referring to them in a sentence?

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Songs

Question 2

This playwright wrote plays during the second half of the twentieth century. Who wrote Biloxi Blues and The Odd Couple?

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Neil Simon

Question 3

He was the first West Point graduate to become President. Name the 18th U.S. President nicknamed American Caesar.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 4

what American poet wrote Renascence and A Few Figs from Thistles?

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Question 5

An impeachment hearing is an example of

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checks and balances

Question 6

In what short story by Toni Cade Bambara does Squeaky learn an important lesson about the importance of familial bonds?

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Raymond's Run

Question 7

"The Use of Force" is about a Dr. treating a reluctant sick child. Name the writer who wrote about the red wheelbarrow

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William Carlos Williams

Question 8

While working for the Dutch West India Company, _____bought Manhattan Island and started the colony of New Netherland.

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Peter Minuit

Question 9

In which intermediate direction would a person travel from Owensboro, KY, to Bowling Green, KY?

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southeast

Question 10

In what short story by Stephen Vincent Binet did a farmer make a deal with the devil?

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The Devil and Daniel Webster

Question 11

How many prepositional phrases? After the storm, the nurses scurried t ofind flashlights to light the dim hallways.

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One

Question 12

What type of punctuation is used to announce, introduce, or direct attention to a list, a noun,noun phrase, a quotation.

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Colons

Question 13

Kentucky has _______ electoral votes.

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8

Question 14

This part of speech may be use to modify a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. It answers: why, how, when, where...?

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Adverb

Question 15

If two people are having an intimate conversation, which of the following foreign expressions is used to denote this?

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Tete-a-tete

Question 16

What is the classification for sentence-Because Alphonso’s bike had a broken chain, he had to borrow his brother’s bike.

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Complex

Question 17

What impact did the War of 1812 have on American politics?

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It ushered in the Era of Good Feelings.

Question 18

One of William Wordsworth's famous poems is about wandering lonely like a cloud above a field of what type of flower

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Daffodils

Question 19

Examples: am, feel, seems, appear, sounds, etc. What type of verb connects a word within a predicate with the subject?

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Linking

Question 20

Which one of the following words does NOT follow the "i before e rules except after c"?

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Ancient

Question 21

For what purpose did President Abraham Lincoln deliver "The Gettysburg Address"?

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To dedicate a ceremony to fallen soldiers

Question 22

Cultural rejuvenation occurred as many African Americans moved north in search of jobs due to which war?

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World War I

Question 23

Identify this British army officer known for his victory over the French at the Battle of Quebec in Canada.

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General James Wolfe

Question 24

One would expect to find a population with a relatively older age struture in

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more developed countries

Question 25

NATO was formed in 1949 by

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tn Western European countries, the United States, and Canada

Question 26

Who said the following words in a speech about traveling to the moon:

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John F. Kennedy

Question 27

___ is a large island where dams have been built to provide a year-round supply of fresh water.

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Cyprus

Question 28

Natural disasters, unemployment and war are push factors in ____

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Migration

Question 29

There are three types of conjunctions. Which type creates a dependent clause; it usually introduces an adverb clause.

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Subordinating

Question 30

Correct the following sentence: The guitarist could not procede until the electricity came back on.

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proceed

Question 31

Mauna Kea is its highest point, and Hilo and Kona are its largest cities. Hawaiian island is the nicknamed big island?

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Hawaii

Question 32

What type of mood expresses wishes, suggestions, or desires? example sentence: I wish I were able to visit the moon.

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Subjunctive

Question 33

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Question 34

Which of the following pronouns is third person, plural, objective case?

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Them

Question 35

Such expressions as "sans souci", "sans doute" and "sans gene" contain the common word "sans". In French, "sans" means

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Without

Question 36

Sir Walter Raleigh’s half brother. Name this English explorer who established the first English colony in North America

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Question 37

What poem by Alfred Noyes begins with the following lines? The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.

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The Highwayman

Question 38

Which type of climate found in southern California and parts of Europe having mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers?

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Mediterranean

Question 39

Identify this series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, & regulations enacted by President Roosevelt.

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New Deal

Question 40

This party highlighted the growing economic differences in the North and South resulting from unequal industrialization.

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Free Soil Party

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