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Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
This person wrote The Uses of Argument in 1957 and gives use the "Tripod" Argument model.
Stephen Douglas
Stephen King
Stephen Toulmin
Terrance Ho
What explains the "reasoning" that connects claims to evidence?
Wall
Waiting Period
Warrant
Well Wishes
The ability to understand and interact positively with people from multiple cultures is......
implicit bias
cultural bias
cultural competence
bipartisan
When the federal government is trying to exercise a power that has been left to the people or the states is called...
cooperative federalism
bipartisan
federal overreach
democracy
The 5 prima facia burdens of debate are.....
Savings, Health, Independence, Tolerance, Surveillance
Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicallity, Solvency
Statistics, Hearing, Interdependence, Typicallity, Suggestions
none of the above
The very first "card" or piece of evidence in the Implicit Bias 1AC states that US Senators are demanding a solution to police stopping Black men for wearing---or not wearing masks. What is the "tag", including author and date?
IMPLICIT BIASES IN OFFICERS ON THE RISE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. CINEAS 4/22
CONDITIONING FUNDING IS EFFECTIVE--BUT IT NEEDS TO BE UNIFORM. JAWANDO AND PARSONS 2014
THE ACTION MUST COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. COTTER AND KASAI 5/6
none of the above
Which of the following are NOT writers for Vox, and a senior editor at the Philadelphia Magazine?
Hillary Clinton
Michele L. Jawando
Chelsea Parsons
Fabiola Cineas
Which author is Vice President for Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress?
Michele L. Jawando
Chelsea Parsons
Chelsea Clinton
Fabiola Cineas
Which authors wrote, in 2014, in part"...additionally, unconscious views about race help explain the disproportionate arrest and incarceration of African Americans for drug offenses?"
Cotter and Kasai
Cineas and Whitfield
Jawando and Parsons
none of the above
Which author is Vice President of Gun Prevention at American Progress and a former New York City criminal justice coordinator?
Michele L. Jawando
Chelsea Parsons
Chelsea Clinton
none of the above
Who wrote, in part "There is a very long and disturbing history in many locations where police are seen as an intimidating presence rather than a support to Black communities....It is counterproductive for public safety because these communities are less likely to have trust and confidence in police...."?
Fabiola Cineas
Michele L. Jawando
Chelsea Parsons
Chelsea Clinton
Select all of the categories below, which are specifically mentioned as topic areas, in this year's national high school debate resolution---Resolved: The United States Federal Government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following:
funding
policing
forensic science
sentencing
confinement housing
In policy debate, the maximum time length of the 1AC is...
3 minutes
5 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
The side that speaks first in a policy debate is.....
Affirmative
Negative
Neutral
Primary
Initial
Debaters refer to the technique of keeping either handwritten or computer typed notes of the evidence, arguments, and responses in a debate round as ....
note taking
crib notes
flowing
scribble
legal notation
The side which speaks LAST in a policy debate is...
Affirmative
Negative
Neutral
Initial
Primary
The "NEGATIVE BLOCK" is the the combination of which Policy Debate speeches?
1st Negative Constructive (1NC) & 1st Negative Rebuttal (1NR)
2nd Negative Constructive (2NC) & 2nd Negative Rebuttal (2NR)
2nd Negative Constructive (2NC) & 1st Negative Rebuttal (1NR)
1st Negative Constructive (1NC) & 2nd Negative Rebuttal (2NR)
According to the LFA Flowing video, how many times do you fold a legal sized paper "in half" to create 7 lines and 8 equal columns?
1
2
3
4
According to the "Key Terms Glossary" of the Implicit Bias AFFIRMATIVE, what is it called when "...people take enforcing the law into their own hands--they become justice themselves"?
villager
vigilantism
bias
implicit bias
TRUE or FALSE: The Implicit Bias Affirmative plan read exactly,...."The United States Federal Government (USFG) should condition federal grant to police academies and state departments based upon implicit bias training".
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: The 1AC quotes Marvin Whitfield, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters, in 2019.
TRUE
FALSE
Who is credited in the 1AC with "...federal action is crucial to building a strong foundation of trust and accountability in law enforcement....It is the job of the federal government to step in when strained relationships and abuse threaten the welfare and civil rights of Americans, no matter what state or community they live in"?
Cineas 4/22
Jawando & Parsons 2014
Whitfield 2019
Cotter & Kasai 5/6
Who is credited in the 1AC with "...An overwhelming number of the participants acknowledged that the training increased their ability to reduce escalation between police officers and dives community members"?
Cineas 4/22
Jawando & Parsons 2014
Whitfield 2019
Cotter & Kasai 5/6
Who is credited in the 1AC with "...On Friday, a group of six US Senators....investigation demanding immediate anti-bias training for law enforcement officials amid the coronavirus pandemic. The senators wrote with urgency, spurred by recent reports from Black men who say they were racially profiled for wearing protective face masks"?
Cineas 4/22
Jawando & Parsons 2014
Whitfield 2019
Cotter & Kasai 5/6
Select all correct choices choices from the options below to answer the following question: The 3 types of INHERENCY are.........
Structural
Attitudinal
Should/Would
Can't/Shan't
none of the above
In a Big Questions debate, which aide speaks last? The AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE?
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
According to Fearless Public Speaking, who said, "Enthusiasm moves the world."?
Darth Vader
President Donald J Trump
John Lennon
Arthur Balfour
The current National Speech & Debate Association Lincoln Douglas Debate Resolution is...
Resolved: Mathematics was discovered, not invented
Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019.
The first chapter of the Introductory debate class text, "Fearless Public Speaking" is titled.....
Public Speaking's Greatest Hits
Stage Fright is Your Friend
How to Get Started
none of the above
Mr. Weston suggested.... the exact number of words you need, and you never have to think about, to connect your Extemporaneous Speech introductory comments to the topic of the speech is. ...?
9
11
13
21
What are the exact words to the "Transition to the Statement of the Question" in Extemporaneous Speaking?
Uhh, I'm not sure what I am supposed to be saying up here.
Considering the significance of these issues, it is important to answer the question.....
The topic today is an important one. Give me just a second, and I will happy to read it to you exactly as it is written.
According to the course textbook, which of the following are identified on pages 14 through 19, as "Types of Public Speaking".....
class participation
persuasive speech
informative speech
extemporaneous and impromptu speaking
gossiping
Who said on page 20 of the text......"There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational---or, in simpler terms, fears that make sense and fears that don't."
Kid Rock
Taylor Swift
Ariana Grande
Lemony Snicket
Of the following, select each "DID YOU KNOW" that appeared in Chapter 2 of the textbook...
Singer Adele told Rolling Stone magazine she's afraid of audiences and sometimes vomits before she goes on stage!
Rihanna, Beyonce, and Harry Styles said they've all suffered performance anxiety!
FEAR actually stands for Face Everyone And Recite!
Abraham Lincoln had a fear of public speaking!
According to Chapter 4 of the text, who said, "It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."?
President Donald J. Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Usain Bolt
Which position is the first speaker in policy debate?
1AC
1NC
1AR
1NR
YES or NO: Do you use prep time before Cross Examination?
YES, of course
NO, you should not ever really do that
Oral Interpretation of Literature has multiple genres. Select them from the choices below
Prose
Program Oral Interpretation
Storytelling
Prose
On page 37 of the text, the author talks about "variations on introductions." They write For example, if your topic is Shakespeare, don't start your talk by saying,....Ladies and gentlemen, I have a Speech about William Shakespeare." If you did start your speech in that manner, what was the author's response?
Great introduction!
Could use some work, but not a bad introduction idea!
Sorry , what did you say?
Snooze city.
TRUE or FALSE: Negative teams in policy debate are allowed to introduce COUNTERPLANS to challenge the Affirmative team.
TRUE
FALSE
The Affirmative case that was introduced to the class was:
Abolish the Death Penalty
Require Implicit Bias Testing at Police Academies
Demilitarize the Police
Ban Facial Recognition Software Use
Who is the Armenian Prime Minister?
Nikol Pashinyan
Ilham Aliyev
Before the US sponsored ceasefire of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which country attempted to negotiate two ceasefires, that also failed?
Ukraine
Poland
Germany
Russia
An internationally recognized region that is a part of Azerbiajan, but under ethnic Armenian control, is the center of the dispute that began in September, and has erupted into a large scale conflict. What is the name of this region?
Sudetenland
Naogorno-Karabakh
Devil's Millhopper
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
Mediators from this well known organization, are meeting again with government officials from Azerbaijan and Armenia, to attempt to diffuse the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. What is the name of this mediating organization?
Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
According to BBC News on October 27, 2020, two papers in the journal, Nature Astronomy have announced an exciting new discovery about "unambiguous detection of molecular water". What about this discovery was "unlike previous detections of water?"
two papers were published on the same subject, in the same scientific journal
BBC scientific correspondent Victoria Gill went to Oak Hall School
water was discovered on sunlit portions of the moon's surface
the discovery was one of the first made from an airborne infrared telescope known as Sofia
The US Senate vote to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett was....
50-50
99-1
52-48
50-40
Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaces which justice?
Helena Bonham Carter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Anton Scalia
The judicial philosophy which supports the view that judges should attempt to interpret the words of the Constitution as the authors intended when they were written is often called.....
activist
obstructionist
originalist
universalist
