2023 Pentathlon Super Quiz 1 (American Revolution)

Which of the following are NOT considered to be an Aristotelian element?

• water

• metal

• wind

• fire

• earth

Thomas Paine is famously known for writing

• the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

• the Federalist Papers.

• Common Sense.

• the Olive Branch Petition.

• the preamble to the Declaration of Independence.

After the Seven Years’ War, which country claimed the port of New Orleans?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Denmark

• Germany

The speed of a beat is called its _________.

• time

• scale

• tempo

• meter

• measure

How many protons are in the nucleus of this isotope?  

• three

• one

• nine

• two

• six

In the novel, Chains, what was Mrs. Lockton’s chest made of that housed her private linens?

• elm

• oak

• walnut

• birch

• cypress

In the Quebec Act of 1774, Parliament recognized the ______ church as the established church of the region.

• Anglican

• Catholic

• Lutheran

• Methodist

• Reformed

After which event did artist John Singleton Copley leave America for England?

• death of Nathan Hale

• signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

• signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763)

• Boston Massacre

Vertical columns on the periodic table are called _________.

• periods

• units

• clusters

• groups

• sets

In the novel, Chains, the imagery of a garden is a symbol of ____________.

• hope

• death

• despair

• innocence

• rebirth