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The Last Lecture Chapters 1-11 QUIZ

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

Randy Pausch was diagnosed with

a)

Colon cancer

b)

Lung cancer

c)

Pancreatic cancer

d)

Kidney cancer

2.

What is Randy Pausch's job?

a)

Medical Assistant

b)

Journalist

c)

College Professor

d)

News Reporter

3.

What event will Randy miss if he does the lecture?

a)

Jai's last birthday celebration with him

b)

New Year's Eve

c)

His final doctor's appointment

d)

A work meeting

4.

Where did Randy say his uniqueness came from?

a)

His father

b)

His job

c)

His childhood dreams

d)

His students

5.

What is the title of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture?

a)

Last Lecture

b)

Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

c)

The Life of a Not So Boring Professor

d)

We Cannot Change the Cards We are Dealt, Just How We Play the Hand

6.

What is the "elephant in the room"?

a)

Randy moving his family closer to his wife's parents

b)

The fact that this was Randy's last lecture

c)

Randy's childhood dreams

d)

Randy's CT scan identifying multiple tumors

7.

What types of things did Randy paint in his childhood room? (Check all that apply)

a)

Elevator door

b)

Pandora's Box

c)

Big teddy bear

d)

Quadratic equation

e)

Toy cars

8.

What did Randy learn from his football coach?

a)

"You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff won't work."

b)

"The brick walls are there for a reason..."

c)

"Find a balance between aspiration and pragmatism. In other words, find the balance between dreaming big and being realistic."

d)

"Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome."

9.

What is "Head Fake" learning?

a)

The ability to delegate passion to inspire

b)

To never let the kids quit

c)

Teaching people things they don't realize they're learning until they are well into the process

d)

Teaching kids to have a balance in the things they participate in

10.

What are Randy's "secrets to winning giant stuffed animals"?

a)

A good heart and a whole lot of money

b)

Long arms and a discretionary income

c)

Passion to inspire and a way to look good

11.

According to Randy, what are "brick walls" there for?

a)

To show us how badly we want something

b)

Indirect learning

c)

Helping us understand what we need for life

d)

Giving us a good heart

12.

What impressed Randy the most when William Shatner (Kirk) came to visit his lab?

a)

He was funny and honest

b)

He didn't act like he knew everything

c)

He understood everything quickly

13.

Name the Literary Devices: "But being considered the best speaker in a computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs."

a)

Simile/Anaphora

b)

Hyperbole/Alliteration

c)

Polysyndeton/Allusion

d)

Simile/Allusion

14.

What topic did Randy Pausch contribute to the World Book Encyclopedia?

a)

Video Games

b)

Virtual Reality

c)

Visual Arts

d)

Viola History

15.

What did Randy offer the audience to take at the end of his lecture as a souvenir - first come, first served?

a)

A small elephant keychain

b)

Signed photographs

c)

His giant stuffed animals

d)

Mickey ears from his time as an Imagineer

16.

When Randy was an Imagineer at Disneyland, what top-secret attraction was he invited to work on?

a)

Rockin' Roller Coaster

b)

Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride

c)

Finding Nemo's Interactive Room

d)

Splash Mountain's Anamatronics

17.

Select the Rhetorical Device: "What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance?"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor