SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph. D. Score. 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph. D. Level.

Subject: ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS

Complete the sentence with an animal word. The meaning is in brackets. (e.g., The other candidates dropped like ____ when he entered the race: (gave up) Answer: Flies.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Hold your ____; I won’t take long: (wait) Answer________

2. I always take a ____ after I get home from work: (a short sleep) Answer________

3. He said he’d ask her for a date, but he _____ out: (was afraid to do so) Answer________

4. They donated the ____ share of the money: (most of ) Answer________

5. She let the ____ out of the bag when she said that: (revealed a secret) Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. They moved to a small rural town to get away from the ____ race: (competitive activity)

Answer________

7. Passing the entrance test was like shooting ____ in barrel: (very easy) Answer________

8. It’s not going to happen. You are beating a dead ____: (wasting time on a lost cause) Answer________

9. The applicant’s money problems were the ____ in the room: (unaddressed issue) Answer________

10. I knew there was something ____ going on when he told that lie: (suspicious) Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

11. The candidate’s failure to attend church on Sunday was a red ____: (a diversion) Answer________

12. The family had a ____ of a time at Disneyland: (exciting experience) Answer________

13. Norman had ____ in his pants about taking the driving test: (feeling anxious) Answer________

14. The little girl cries ____ tears to get what she wants: (fake tears) Answer________

15. Don’t have a ____. It’s such a tiny scratch: (get upset)

Answer________