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: FICTIONAL PEOPLE NAMED TOM OR THOMAS

(e.g., He sang for his supper. Answer: Little Tommy Tucker.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Famous title character of a Mark Twain novel. Answer________ 2. The protagonist of The Grapes of Wrath. Answer________ 3. Private investigator portrayed by Tom Selleck.

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. He was put on trial for rape in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Answer________ 5. The central character in a series of 33 science-fiction novels. Answer________ 6. Novel title: The History of _____, a Foundling.

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. Central character in crime novels by Patricia Highsmith. Answer________ 8. A millionaire in The Great Gatsbynovel. Answer________ 9. A character in Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park.

Answer________ 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?