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Public Forum Debate Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the focus for this week?

a)

Congressional Debate

b)

Public Forum Debate

c)

Policy Debate

d)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

2.

According to John Wolfson of The Great Debate, Public Forum Debate is focused on _________________________.

a)

values

b)

policy

c)

communication

d)

ethics

3.

All debates focus on the ____________________.

a)

crossfire

b)

value

c)

claim

d)

resolution

4.

The ________ argues in favor of the ________ while the ________ argues against the it.

a)

...resolution...con...pro...

b)

...con...resolution...pro

c)

...pro...resolution...con

d)

...pro...con...resolution

5.

The goal in PFD is to persuade ____________________________.

a)

professionals who have thorough knowledge concerning the resolution you are debating.

b)

judges who know about how a debate is supposed to look.

c)

people with no knowledge of the topic and no knowledge about how a debate is supposed to look.

d)

the opposing team to come over to your side of the resolution.

6.

What happens during Crossfire? AND What is the difference between Crossfire and Grand Crossfire? You have 5 minutes to write your answer.

4 lines
7.

You have a formal FINAL EXAM for this class.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

According to Johnathan Wolfson, the whole PFD debate should last around _____ minutes.

a)

47

b)

37

c)

27

d)

4

9.

The following are all the parts to a Public Forum Debate

a)

30 seconds Prep Time & Coin Toss, Coin Toss Winner Decision, Coin Toss Loser Decision

b)

Audience Q & A

c)

30 seconds Prep Time & Summary Speeches & Grand Crossfire

d)

30 seconds Prep Time & Final Focus Speeches

e)

30 seconds Prep Time & Constructive Speeches & Crossfire, Rebuttal Speeches & Crossfire

10.

What advice did Maggie Mills and Sasha Haines give to novice S&D people? Select all correct answers.

a)

Don't worry about proving to other people that you are good.

b)

When people let their personalities out, that's when you start to have judge appeal.

c)

Not letting the opinions of others get to you; just having fun.

d)

Keep working on it. Keep persisting at it no matter what obstacles come in your way

e)

Give up and stop trying