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: OXYMORONS

Provide a word to complete the oxymoron. Alternate answers may be possible. (e.g., The jumbo ____ was delicious. Answer: Shrimp.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. There is a real love-____ relationship between the two of them. Answer________

2. Her new boyfriend really is pretty ____. Answer________

3. The gossip is old ____. Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Suddenly the room was filled with a deafening ____. Answer________

5. They could not wait to be alone ____. Answer________

6. He is a very unpopular ____. Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. They turned a deaf ear on the silent ____ of the unborn. Answer________

8. I can’t help you now as I am involved in my own minor ____. Answer________

9. Pay in cash or write a check; it’s the same _____.

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?