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Super Quiz 1st Practice 28 Dec 2020

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following helps us to understand economic phenomena and make predictions about what will happen under particular circumstances?

a)

economic models

b)

Pareto efficiencies

c)

market outcomes

d)

normative theories

e)

parity models

2.

(Social Science) All of the following are included in the "four freedoms" EXCEPT

a)

freedom from fear

b)

freedom from want

c)

freedom of choice

d)

freedom of worship

e)

freedom of speech

3.

ART: Sigmar Polke worked within a West German movement called...

a)

Art Informel

b)

Gutai

c)

Der Blaue Reiter

d)

Viennese Actionism

e)

Capitalist Realism

4.

LITERATURE: In Cat's Cradle, what is the main subject of the book that Jonah is researching?

a)

Bokonism

b)

Felix Hoenikker

c)

the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

d)

San Lorenzo

e)

"Papa" Manzano

5.

MUSIC: A scale can be described as a succession of which of the following?

a)

whole steps only

b)

half steps only

c)

semitones

d)

whole and half steps

e)

arpeggio

6.

SCIENCE: Which of the following astronomers/philosophers described the Sun, Moon, and planets as moving on small circles called epicycles, which traced larger circular pathways around the Earth called deferents?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Aristotle

e)

Isaac Newton

7.

LITERATURE: In his "Sword of Damocles" speech, Kennedy recommended designating the decade of the 1960s as the United Nations Decade of ...

a)

Peace

b)

Disarmament

c)

Development

d)

Sovereignty

e)

International Cooperation

8.

ECONOMICS: A port is trying to increase its trade economy, but ships often avoid it because it lacks a lighthouse, which makes it dangerous. It is hard to prevent ships from using the lighthouse if they do not pay, and one ship's use of he lighthouse does not prevent any other ship from using it. The lighthouse is a ...

a)

collective good

b)

private resource

c)

common resource

d)

government resource

e)

public good

9.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: The Truman presidential administration was known for adopting a policy of ...

a)

broad-based military intervention in Maoist China

b)

cultural isolationism, but economic intervention

c)

scrutinizing the employees within the FBI and the CIA

d)

promoting freedom of speech as the highest ideal

e)

economic, cultural, political, and military containment

10.

SCIENCE: The Hertzsprung-Russell 9H-R) diagram is a plot of ------------- versus temperature for a group of stars.

a)

age

b)

size

c)

mass

d)

luminosity

e)

apparent brightness

11.

MUSIC: While World War II and the rise of Nazism caused many artists to come to the United States, some came for other reasons. Which artists' decision was NOT influenced by World War II?

a)

Benjamin Britten

b)

Sergei Prokofiev

c)

Arnold Schoenberg

d)

Sergei Denham

e)

Darius Milhaud

12.

ART: In his early career, Edward Streichen helped in the founding of the journal Camera Work with fellow photographer...

a)

Dorothea Lange

b)

Gordon Parks

c)

Alfred Stieglitz

d)

Ansel Adams

e)

Jacob Riis

13.

MATH: After how many years would an account with $3,000 initially invested increase to $4,000 if simple annual interest was at a rate of 5%

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

e)

9

14.

LITERATURE: In "Report on the Threatened City", for the aliens' second attempt at warning the humans, they selected younger individuals to send their message. How did the younger humans react?

a)

They cried.

b)

They sang a song.

c)

They attempted to go to older adults for help.

d)

They went to the government for help.

e)

They were struck with disbelief.

15.

ECONOMICS: The total desired spending on final goods and services by everyone in the economy is known as...

a)

aggregate supply

b)

total GDP

c)

aggregate demand

d)

demand

e)

supply