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: AMERICAN CULTURAL LITERACY

(e.g., With which character is “Elementary, my dear Watson” associated? Answer: Sherlock Holmes.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What words follow “Friends, Romans, countrymen ...”? Answer________ 2. Which war provides the setting for For Whom the Bell Tolls? Answer________ 3. In which play is “Double, double toil and trouble”?

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What was the pen name of Samuel L. Clemens? Answer________ 5. Ichabod Crane is the central character of this story. Answer________ 6. Most biblical quotations come from this version of the Bible.

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. Finish Thomas Paine’s words: “These are the times that ...” Answer________ 8. Who wrote The Boston Cooking School Cook Book? Answer________ 9. Which two tools were on the flag of the Soviet Union?

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SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?