TACS Academic Challenge Tier I 1.0

In “Jabberwocky,” Lewis Carroll uses words made up of other words like “brillig” and “slithy.” These new words are called

• portmanteaus

• allusions

• malapropisms

• nonsense words

 $If\ f\left(x\right)=3x-1\ and\ g\left(x\right)=x+2,\ find\ \left(f\ o\ g\right)\left(X\right)$  

•  $\left(f\ o\ g\right)\left(x\right)=3x+5$  

•  $\left(f\ o\ g\right)\left(x\right)=3x+1$  

•  $\left(f\ o\ g\right)\left(x\right)=3x-2$  

•  $\left(f\ o\ g\right)\left(x\right)=3x-1$  

In an oxidation reaction:

• an oxidizing agent gains electrons

• an oxidizing agent loses electrons

• a reducing agent gains electrons

• a reducing agent loses electrons

The “Gilded Age” was named by___________.

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Mark Twain

In Macbeth Act III, Lennox praises Macbeth as so smart and honorable, but he really believes Macbeth killed everyone. This is an example of

• hyperbole

• allusion

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Which of the following is NOT a simile used by Carl Sandburg in “Chicago”?

• fierce as a dog

• cunning as a savage

• laughing as an ignorant fighter

• smart as a whip

What are the coordinates of the vertices of the hyperbola given by the equation
 $\frac{\left(y-4\right)^2}{4}\ -\ \frac{\left(x-3\right)^2}{25}\ =\ 1$  

•  $\left(2,3\right)\ and\ \left(6,3\right)$  

•  $\left(4-\sqrt{29},3\right)\ and\ \left(4+\sqrt{29},3\right)$  

•  $\left(3,2\right)\ and\ \left(3,6\right)$  

•  $\left(4,3\right)\ and\ \left(2,5\right)$  

Which of the following is not a phase of mitosis?

• Metaphase

• Prophase

• Cytophase

• Anaphase

Who was not part of the committee asked to write the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Roger Sherman

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

What country was Che Guevara originally from?

• Cuba

• Argentina

• Mexico

• Bolivia