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Honors Final Review

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 3hrs 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"I don't know how Professor Resnick can be such a hard grader.  He's always late for class. "  
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
2.
"I don't know how Professor Resnick can be such a hard grader.  He's always late for class. "  
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
3.
That answer you just gave cannot be right because you are always so rude.  
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
4.
Which of the following is the definition of Ad Hominem?
a)
Overstating something; stretching the truth
b)
Making an unfair, too broad assumption about a person or a group of people.
c)
When you focus and attack someone's personality, character, or other qualities instead of the opponents supporting evidence.
d)
Assumptions about all members of a group or all of a certain type of thing; can be misleading 
5.

Select the fallacy being used.

a)

bandwagon

b)

either/or-False Dilemma

c)

hasty generalization

d)

false analogy

6.

This is a fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea

a)

the tin man

b)

straw man

c)

Dorothy

d)

Auntie Em

7.
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a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
8.
Do you suffer from extreme bad breath? Don’t worry! You will no longer feel left out of conversations in the halls, or worried about talking in public! You will have the courage to speak your mind without fear. Buy Fresh Mouth Gum, and you will become the most popular kid at school! 
a)
ethos 
b)
logos
c)
pathos
9.
Fair trade agreements have raised the quality of life for coffee producers, so fair trade agreements could be used to help other farmers as well. 
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
10.
According to the Murphy Corporation study, when teachers’ salaries are raised in a district, more high quality teachers are hired, and teacher morale is higher. When teachers’ salaries are lowered, the study found that more teachers left the profession and a higher percentage of teachers were hired without a credential. 
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
11.
My sister is a teacher, and she often has trouble paying her bills. She is an excellent teacher, dedicated to her students, funny, warm, loving, and yet, she can only afford to live in a tiny apartment. 
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
12.
Find the Fallacy: "Andrea Dworkin has written several books arguing that the media harms women when it comes to body image. But Dworkin is an ugly, bitter person, so you shouldn't listen to her." 
a)
Straw Man
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Hasty Generalization
d)
Ad Populem
13.
Find the Fallacy: 
Mom: (looking at report card) How do you have an F in English?!
Son: I don’t know.  Did you see that loaded the dishwasher?  I was about to go mow the lawn.  Need me to do anything else?
a)
Non Sequitur
b)
Ad Populum
c)
Red Herring
d)
Straw Man
14.

Choose which type of fallacy is illustrated below:


"I will not allow the United States to become a defenseless, bankrupt nation - it must remain the military and economic superpower of the world."

(Hint: Argues that there are only two possible alternatives in a situation.)

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Begging the Question

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Post Hoc

15.

Choose which type of fallacy is illustrated below:


"We've got to stop them from banning pornography. Once they start banning one form of literature, they will never stop. Next thing you know, they will be burning all the books!"

(Hint: Contends that if a certain event occurs then it will set into motion a chain of events that end in disaster.)

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Ad hominem

c)

Straw Man

d)

Slippery Slope

16.

Choose which type of fallacy is illustrated below:


Prof. Jones: "The university just cut our yearly budget by $10,000."

Prof. Smith: "What are we going to do?"

Prof. Brown: "I think we should eliminate one of the teaching assistant positions. That would take care of it."

Prof. Jones: "We could reduce our scheduled raises instead."

Prof. Brown: " I can't understand why you want to bleed us dry like that, Jones."

(Hint: Misrepresents an opposing argument, characterizing it as more extreme or otherwise different than it actually is.)

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Ad hominem

c)

Straw Man

d)

Slippery Slope

17.

If we let the government implant tracking devices in criminals, it's not going to stop there! They're going to want to track school children and eventually everyone!

a)

either/or

b)

slippery slope

c)

red herring

d)

faulty cause and effect

18.

Bert: I've been learning about the Second World War lately. I found that America provoked Japan into attacking Pearl Harbor. I don't think that was the right thing to do.

Jenny: Oh, so you are now taking the side of Axis? Do you think Germany and Japan were right to do what they did?

a)

false dilemma

b)

strawman

c)

ad hominem

d)

non sequitur

19.

Interviewer: What do you think should be done about people who swear in public?

Man on the Street: I think it should be against the law.

Interviewer: Oh, I suppose you're against the right to free speech, then?

a)

ad hominem

b)

red herring

c)

strawman

d)

appeal to pity

20.

The Supreme Court right now is deciding whether it is right to execute insane people who have committed murder. I think it is all right to execute insane people. If we ban executions of insane people, then everybody on death row will suddenly decide they are insane and purposely fail sanity tests. It would result in chaos.

a)

red herring

b)

slippery slope

c)

appeal to fear

d)

faulty cause and effect

21.

You can buy the new Sensitivity perfume, or you can smell bad all day.

a)

red herring

b)

either/or-false dilemma

c)

slippery slope

d)

non sequitur

22.

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

a)

ethos only

b)

ethos and logos

c)

logos only

d)

pathos and ethos

23.
a)

ethos

b)

ethos and pathos

c)

pathos and logos

d)

charged language

24.

What is the art of persuasion through speaking and writing?

a)

Argument

b)

Bias

c)

Conversation

d)

Rhetoric

25.

What is the art of persuasion through speaking and writing?

a)

Argument

b)

Bias

c)

Conversation

d)

Rhetoric

26.
"The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
27.
This ad is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
a)
Pathos
b)
Ethos
c)
Logos
28.
Gandalf gives Bilbo...
a)
A magic sword
b)
The ring
c)
A book of spells
d)
A new smoking pipe
29.
What two shapes can Beorn take?
a)
Lion and lamb
b)
Human and wolf
c)
Human and bear
d)
Tiger and bear
30.
Who saves them from the wargs and goblins?
a)
The eagles
b)
Gandalf
c)
The Elves
d)
Belladonna Took
31.
The people of the lake grow angry with the dwarves because...
a)
they hid the Arkenstone
b)
Fili killed the dragon
c)
Thorin wouldn't share the treasure
d)
The dwarves ate all their food
32.
Smaug is killed by...
a)
Bilbo Baggins
b)
Beorn the skinchanger
c)
Bard the Bowman
d)
Thorin Oakenshield
33.
What is the name of Bilbo's sword?
a)
Sting
b)
Stang
c)
Slasher
d)
Strangle
34.
What did Bilbo name his book?
a)
The Hobbit
b)
Bilbo's Book
c)
There and Back Again
d)
He doesn't write a book.
35.
Which did not participate in the Battle of the Five Armies?
a)
The Goblins
b)
The Necromancer
c)
Wood Elves
d)
Dain's Army
36.
What families does Bilbo descend from?
a)
Took and Istar
b)
Gloine and Girioin
c)
Thror and Train
d)
Baggins and Took
37.
Which character did not get captured by the spiders or the wood elves?
a)
Bifur
b)
Bofur
c)
Thorin
d)
Bilbo
38.
What was Gandalf's last bit of advice before leaving them at Mirkwood Forest?
a)
Don't leave me alone!
b)
Don't smoke in the woods!
c)
Don't forget the burglar!
d)
Don't stray from the path!
39.

What treasure did Thorin want to find most?

a)

The King's Long Sword

b)

The Arkenstone

c)

The Golden Nugget

d)

The Soul of the Mountain

40.
Why was Frankenstein in the Arctic?
a)
He wanted to be alone.
b)
He was pursuing Robert Walton
c)
He was pursuing Elizabeth Lavenza
d)
He was pursuing the monster.
41.
Who was Frankenstein’s closest friend?
a)
Elizabeth Lavenza
b)
Henry Clerval
c)
Robert Walton
d)
Alphonse Frankenstein
42.
How did Elizabeth come to live with the Frankensteins?
a)
Caroline Frankenstein saw her with a peasant family, and offered to raise her in better circumstances.
b)
She was the daughter of a good friend, and Caroline wanted to help.
c)
She was the long lost niece and Caroline finally found her.
d)
She was the child that Caroline gave up for adoption when she was younger.
43.
What natural phenomena influenced Frankenstein?
a)
He watched a tree being hit by lightning during a storm. He became interested in the theories of electricity and galvanism.
b)
He watched an apple fall from a tree and became interested in gravity and inertia.
c)
He watched an animal die and became interested in decomposition.
d)
He watched the clouds and became interested in meteorology.
44.
What is the structure, or form, of the novel?
a)
It is an epistolary novel. 
b)
It is an auto-biography. 
c)
It is a biography
d)
It is a comedy
45.
What two major events happened to Frankenstein when he was seventeen?
a)
His brother died and he decided to quit school.
b)
His father died and he decided to visit the Arctic.
c)
His mother died and he went to the university at Ingolstadt to study.
d)
His mother died and he gave up on his own life.
46.

How did Frankenstein feel when his experiment was successful, and the creature came to life?

a)

He was ecstatic and jubilant.

b)

He was afraid and resigned.

c)

He was excited and happy.

d)

He was horrified and disgusted.

47.
Who took care of Frankenstein during his illness?
a)
Elizabeth Lavenza
b)
Henry Clerval
c)
Alphonse Frankenstein
d)
Caroline Frankenstein
48.
What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation?
a)
He decided to continue with his research.
b)
He became disillusioned with life for the rest of his days.
c)
He became adamant about bringing other things to life.
d)
He became ill with a fever and delirium for several months.
49.

Who was accused of committing the murder of William?

a)

Jean-Claude, one of the servants, was accused of committing the murder.

b)

Justine, who lived with the family, was accused of committing the murder.

c)

Frankenstein’s brother was accused of committing the murder.

d)

Frank, one of the boy’s friends, was accused of committing the murder.

50.
What happened to the accused person of William's murder?
a)
The accused person was found innocent and released.
b)
The accused person was convicted and hanged.
c)
Frankenstein helped the accused person escape from prison and flee the country.  
d)
The accused person committed suicide in prison.
51.
How did the creature learn to speak and to read?
a)
A young child befriended him and taught him.
b)
He sat outside the local school house and listened.
c)
He observed and listened to the cottagers.
d)
Frankenstein had programmed his brain to know how immediately.
52.

The captain and his crew found Victor Frankenstein.....

a)

floating on ice near the North Pole

b)

on a homemade raft off the coast of Africa

c)

sailing on a small boat towards South America

d)

stranded on a deserted tropical island

53.

Justine was accused of killing William because...

a)

she blamed him that she couldn't marry and have her own family

b)

she had often mistreated him

c)

he had broken her teapot, a precious family heirloom

d)

his mothers locket was found in her pocket

54.

What did the monster ask Frankenstein to do for him?

a)

make him a wife

b)

take him into the family

c)

teach him science and math

d)

build him a cabin

55.

How did the monster get revenge on Frankenstein in Italy?

a)

He put a small hole in Frankensteins boat to sink it.

b)

He killed all the carriage horses belonging to Ernest

c)

He burned all of Frankensteins scientific papers

d)

He killed Elizabeth on their wedding night

56.

When Frankenstein died on the ship the monster....

a)

felt glad his evil creature was dead

b)

begged the captain to let him join the crew

c)

vowed to find a family of his own

d)

cried out in pain and said he was sorry

57.

Elizabeth is characterised as being...

a)

'...too full of the milk of human kindness."

b)

"... the answer to my prayers for salvation."

c)

" (having)... a loveliness surpassing the beauty of her childish years."

d)

"... an innocent flower subjected to the storms of war."

58.

Victor Frankenstein refers to his 'unhallowed arts'. What does he mean?

a)

He made a deal with the devil.

b)

He married his cousin.

c)

He manipulated science and nature.

d)

He lied about knowing who William's murderer was.

59.
Mary Shelley was married to __.
a)
Percy Byron
b)
Percy Shelley
c)
Peter Shelley
d)
Byron Shelley
60.
Mary and Percy were visiting Lord Byron in ___ when she began writing the novel.
a)
Geneva, Russia
b)
Geneva, Switzerland
c)
Prague, Russia
d)
Prague, Switzerland
61.
Lord Byron and Percy Shelley were both ___.
a)
Scientists
b)
Crazy
c)
Against women writers
d)
Poets
62.
Why is Victor repulsed by the monster
a)
it cannot speak
b)
Victor is sick
c)
the creature is ugly
d)
Victor is over-tired
63.

The story of Frankenstein warns against the misuse of knowledge

a)

True

b)

False

64.

What happens to Victor's mother?

a)

She moves away.

b)

She is killed by the monster.

c)

She goes to jail.

d)

She dies from an illness.

65.
What is tone in writing?
a)
The reader's attitude toward the subject.
b)
The author's attitude toward the subject.
c)
The reader's feelings about the subject.
d)
The sound that comes from a piano when you press a key. 
66.
If a passages tone is playful, the author's attitude is...
a)
full of amusement, lighthearted.
b)
serious, non humorous.
c)
haunting, spooky.
d)
uncaring.
67.
The definition of mood is 
a)
the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.
b)
revising your writing so that it is free of errors.
c)
overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader. 
d)
working with a partner to check your writing. 
68.
A persuasive paragraph
a)
writing that attempts to persuade or convince a reader to do something.
b)
describes an event.
c)
presents research findings.
d)
includes the steps in the scientific process. 
69.
The raven enters the speaker’s room and sits on
a)
a bust of a Greek goddess
b)
the edge of the door
c)
the arm of the chair
d)
a purple curtain
70.
What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian”? 
a)
He worries that the raven is sick.
b)
He is confused by the raven’s answers.
c)
He is preoccupied with death and ghosts. 
d)
He fears that Lenore is held captive.
71.
The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird
a)
says that the speaker will never see Lenore again 
b)
 tells the speaker that he will die very soon
c)
speaks about the ruler of the underworld
d)
tries to push the speaker out of the room
72.
Where is the raven at the end of the poem?
a)
outside the speaker’s house in a storm 
b)
on the bust above the speaker’s door
c)
near the speaker’s velvet chair
d)
ashore on a deserted island
73.
In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?
a)
“What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
b)
“Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
c)
“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
d)
“On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”
74.

"In case of an accident, anyone would seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was _______________."

a)

a Christian

b)

a woman with good blood

c)

a good mother

d)

a lady

75.

"...the grandmother's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured,

a)

"No pleasure but meanness."

b)

"Why you are one of my babies. You're one of my own children."

c)

"A good man is hard to find."

d)

"You wouldn't shoot a lady, would you?"

76.

The Misfit has the last word in the story. He says,

a)

"It's no real pleasure in life."

b)

"She was a talker, wasn't she?"

c)

"A good man is hard to find."

d)

"Tennessee is a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia is lousy too."

77.

The theme of a story is

a)

main character

b)

message about life that the author expresses

c)

sequence of events

d)

short summary of what the story is about

78.

Which of the following could be the theme of a story?

a)

Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

b)

A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.

c)

a fear of heights

d)

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

79.

Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

a)

a 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother

b)

a small apartment in Marfa, Texas

c)

Telling the truth may cause pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

d)

Essie lied to her about about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell the truth.

80.

Read the following sentence.


Friendship helps people get through hard times.


The sentence above is an example of a

a)

plot.

b)

character.

c)

main idea.

d)

theme.

81.

Read the following passage from a story.


As Tai strummed the guitar, Charlesa looked at her with pride. For so long, Tai's fingers had clumsily tripped over the strings, but now she played the song with ease. Getting to this point hadn't been easy for Charlesa, either. She sighed, trying to bury the memories of all the screaming tantrums Tai had thrown. Once, she nearly threw her guitar against a wall. But now when Tai smiled, an dthe tune of "Sweet Home Alabama" floated out of the instrument, Charlesa smiled, too. It had been worth it.


Which of the following is most likely a theme of the story?

a)

Playing a musical instrument is too much work.

b)

Hard work can bring great rewards.

c)

Friends shouldn't try to teach each other new things.

d)

It's OK to give up on yourself.

82.
One way you could figure out the theme is to...
a)
Skim through the story
b)
Just read the beginning of the story
c)
Think about what the character has learned
d)
Read the ending of the story
83.
When determining a theme, the reader should first consider...
a)
the illustrations
b)
the subject or topic
c)
the title
d)
the length of the story 
84.
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 
a)
Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
b)
Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
85.

What can water symbolize?

a)

Liquid

b)

Purity

c)

Good luck

d)

Anger

86.

Which bird symbolizes peace and tranquility?

a)
b)
c)
d)
87.

What can an apple symbolize?

a)

Fruit

b)

Immortality

c)

Temptation

d)

Sin

88.
A theme can be written as one or two words.
a)
true
b)
false

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