GRADE 8 QUIZ BEE

1. What is the name of an overused expression?

• A. Quiche

• B. Clink

• C. Cliche

• D. Clef

2. You can be easily accused of plagiarizing other author's work if you will not cite your sources. Plagiarizing means ______.

• A. Copying

• B. Repeating

• C. Stealing

• D. Robbing

3. This consists of a sequence of events that tells the entire story.

• A. Theme

• B. Conflict

• C. Setting

• D. Plot

4. Which of these is not a part of speech?

• A. Conjunction

• B. Interrogation

• C. Preposition

• D. Interjection

5. ________ , Egypt is much smaller than Israel.

• A. In comparison with

• B. Compared to

• C. In comparison

• D. Besides

6. Which of these is not to be taken literally?

• A. Idiom

• B. Noun

• C. Ideogram

• D. Verb

7. Which of these is a homophone for Bear?

• A. Animal

• B. Bier

• C. Stare

• D. Bare

8. She was very INQUISITIVE about the job description. What is the meaning of the highlighted word?

• A. Scared

• B. Confused

• C. Misguided

• D. Curious

9. What does the Latin phrase et.al mean?

• A. among others

• B. and others

• C. for example

• D. With others

10. What is the world's most widely used way to organize library collections?

• A. Roman Numeral System

• B. Library of Congress Classification System

• C. World’s Book Management

• D. Dewey Decimal Classification System