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S.B. Practice Rounds 1

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

FRENCH: Que fais-tu avec ces vieux livres?

GERMAN: Was machst du mit diesen alten Büchern?

SPANISH: ¿Qué haces con estos libros viejos?

a)

What are you doing with these old books?

b)

What are you doing with these new books?

c)

What are you doing with these old tables?

d)

What are you doing with these new table?

2.

What writing device is exemplified in the following sentence: Teenagers enjoy sleeping, eating and dancing.

a)

Parallelism

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

3.

Name Ernest Hemingway's first novel that captures the disillusionment and cynicism of the lost generation.

a)

THE SUN ALSO RISES

b)

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

c)

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

d)

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

4.

What Greek heroine defies the king by burying her brother?

a)

Antigone (Ann tee gone nee)

b)

Helen of Troy

c)

Penelope

d)

Clytemnestra

5.

What scale is used to determine the relative hardness of a mineral?

a)

Moh's Scale (of Hardness)

b)

Richter Scale

c)

Beaufort Scale

d)

Fahrenheit Scale

6.

What does the area under the curve of a velocity-time graph represent?

a)

displacement

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

force

7.

What gland is located on the superior surface of the kidneys?

a)

Adrenal glands

b)

Pituitary gland

c)

Thyroid gland

d)

Parathyroid gland

8.

What type of election allows people to remove their state electoral officials before the next general election?

a)

Recall

b)

Primary

c)

General

d)

Runoff

9.

What area was George Washington describing when he wrote that the Army could be tracked 'by the blood of their feet on the snow?'

a)

Valley Forge

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Trenton

10.

What term was used to denote the line dividing Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from Western Europe from 1945 to 1989?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Maginot Line

d)

Great Wall

11.

How many ounces are there in three quarts and one pint?

a)

112 ounces

b)

96 ounces

c)

80 ounces

d)

128 ounces

12.

Give the base three logarithm of 729.

a)

6

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

13.

What is the second derivative of the function: f of x equals 5x cubed plus 4x squared plus 47x plus 21?

a)

30x plus 8 OR (30 times x plus 8)

b)

15x plus 4 OR (15 times x plus 4)

c)

10x plus 8 OR (10 times x plus 8)

d)

6x plus 4 OR (6 times x plus 4)

14.

What former conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra wrote film scores for Jaws and Star Wars as well as music for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?

a)

(John) Williams

b)

(Leonard) Bernstein

c)

(Hans) Zimmer

d)

(Danny) Elfman

e)

(Howard) Shore

15.

Name the dance form that resulted from the mixing of African dances with Irish clogging.

a)

Tap dance

b)

Ballet

c)

Salsa

d)

Tango

16.

According to experts, what document could Terri Schiavo (shee-AH-vo) have written to prevent the tragic and costly legal wrangling concerning her condition?

a)

living will

b)

power of attorney

c)

marriage certificate

d)

insurance policy

17.

What is the English translation of the French, German, and Spanish sentences above?

a)

Usually I go to bed at 10 (p.m.).

b)

I always wake up at 6 (a.m.).

c)

I eat breakfast at noon.

d)

I go to school at 8 (a.m.).

18.

What late 19th Century Russian wrote both the short story "The Boor" and the play "The Cherry Orchard"?

a)

Chekov, Anton

b)

Tolstoy, Leo

c)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

d)

Turgenev, Ivan

19.

What term differs from the denotation of a word because it implies personalized meaning to the word?

a)

Connotation

b)

Definition

c)

Syntax

d)

Phoneme

20.

Identify the author of the following passage: "At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage."

a)

Crane, Stephen

b)

Hemingway, Ernest

c)

Twain, Mark

d)

London, Jack

21.

Name the two moons of Mars.

a)

Phobos and Deimos

b)

Io and Europa

c)

Titan and Rhea

d)

Ganymede and Callisto

22.

What anatomical term is used when naming the fingers and toes?

a)

Phalanges (Fa-lan-gees)

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Tarsals

d)

Carpals

23.

What is the charge for ions formed from the alkaline earth metals?

a)

Two positive, positive two, or plus two

b)

One positive, positive one, or plus one

c)

Two negative, negative two, or minus two

d)

Neutral, no charge

24.

Name the court order which prevents arrest and confinement without charges.

a)

Writ of Habeas Corpus

b)

Writ of Mandamus

c)

Writ of Certiorari

d)

Writ of Prohibition

25.

What is the name of the laws enacted by Southern states to separate white and black people in public and private facilities?

a)

Jim Crow (Laws)

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Reconstruction Acts

26.

In 1940, to what French seaport did England send a fleet to rescue Allied troops from the advancing German army?

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Marseille

c)

Calais

d)

Bordeaux

27.

Find the x intercepts of the parabola with the equation: y equals x squared plus x minus 6

a)

in any order: 2 and negative 3

b)

in any order: -2 and 3

c)

in any order: 1 and -6

d)

in any order: -1 and 6

28.

In triangle ABC, the measure of angle B is 2 times the measure of angle A. The measure of angle C is 5 degrees more than angle B. Find the measure of angle C.

a)

75 degrees

b)

80 degrees

c)

70 degrees

d)

65 degrees

29.

Simplify the following: Secant of theta minus the quantity of theta times the sine of theta.

a)

cosine of theta

b)

tangent of theta

c)

cosecant of theta

d)

theta squared

30.

What guitar-like instrument was brought to western civilization by the Moors in 711 AD and became very popular throughout Europe during the Renaissance?

a)

lute

b)

sitar

c)

banjo

d)

mandolin

31.

Name the 18th Century British potter who developed a cheap earthenware alternative to expensive porcelain.

a)

(Josiah) Wedgwood

b)

Thomas Chippendale

c)

William Morris

d)

John Wedderburn

32.

Name the 17-year-old first-time author of Eragon (AIR-uh-gone), a novel that debuted at #3 on the New York Times best-seller list, ahead of four of the five Harry Potter books.

a)

(Christopher) Paolini

b)

(J.K.) Rowling

c)

(Rick) Riordan

d)

(Suzanne) Collins

33.

FRENCH Mes parents se sont mariés il y a combien d'années ?

GERMAN Wie viele Jahre ist es her, dass meine Eltern geheiratet haben?

SPANISH ¿Hace cuántos años se casaron mis padres?

a)

When did my parents get married?

b)

How many years ago did my parents get married?

c)

When did you get married?

d)

Will you marry me?

34.

The African-American, Kansas author and photographer who wrote A CHOICE OF WEAPONS and THE LEARNING TREE is:

a)

Gordon Parks

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Richard Wright

d)

James Baldwin

35.

The title of a fable about a pilot who crashed in the desert and meets a prince who has arrived from another planet is:

a)

The Little Prince

b)

The Old Man and the Sea

c)

Alice in Wonderland

d)

Journey to the Center of the Earth

36.

In Norse mythology, the god who is the leader of all slain warriors in Valhalla is:

a)

Thor

b)

Odin

c)

Loki

d)

Freyja

37.

A rectangular container, usually made of metal, used in collection of gases by water displacement is called:

a)

Burette

b)

Gas jar

c)

Pneumatic trough

d)

Beaker

38.

The quantity that is equal to the slope of a position-time graph is:

a)

velocity

b)

acceleration

c)

distance

d)

force

39.

Weather occurs in which layer of the earth's atmosphere?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

40.

In psychiatry, which term refers to a "false, resolute belief maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary"?

a)

Delusion

b)

Hallucination

c)

Obsession

d)

Phobia

41.

The series of pamphlets written during the Revolutionary War discussing issues of the Revolution is known as:

a)

The Federalist Papers

b)

Common Sense

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Articles of Confederation

42.

The tribunal used after the Reformation by the Catholic Church to identify and punish heretics was called:

a)

The Inquisition

b)

The Synod

c)

The Council of Trent

d)

The Edict of Nantes

43.

Find the maximum area of a rectangle with a perimeter of 80 feet?

a)

400 feet

b)

200 feet

c)

600 feet

d)

320 feet

44.

When b equals negative 4, what is the value of 2 times b to the negative third?

a)

negative 1 over 32 OR negative 1 divided by 32 OR negative one-thirty-second

b)

negative 1 over 8

c)

positive 1 over 32

d)

negative 8

45.

Find the value of k for which the graph of 7x plus ky equals 10 is perpendicular to the graph of 3y plus 6x equals 18?

a)

k equals negative 14

b)

k equals 7

c)

k equals 2

d)

k equals negative 3

46.

Name the musical that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama and a Tony Award for best musical in 1996, which is based on the opera, La Boheme.

a)

Rent

b)

Cats

c)

Les Misérables

d)

The Phantom of the Opera

47.

Name the three components of paint.

a)

pigment, solvent, and binder

b)

water, oil, and wax

c)

resin, clay, and sand

d)

dye, alcohol, and glue

e)

chalk, lime, and starch

48.

Name the movie that danced away with the best-picture Oscar in 2003.

a)

Chicago

b)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

c)

Gangs of New York

d)

The Pianist