Rhetoric And Dialectic Placement Test
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- 1.Who wrote the play entitled Julius Caesar?
- A.
Hamlet
- B.
Chaucer
- C.
Michelangelo
- D.
Shakespeare
- 2.In Homer’s Odyssey, who was Odysseus’ son?
- A.
Marcus
- B.
Telemachus
- C.
Frederick
- D.
Mercedes
- 3.What polygon has eight sides?
- A.
A hexagon
- B.
Decathlon
- C.
Octagon
- D.
Pollywog
- 4.What comes after millions?
- A.
Centimeters
- B.
Gazillion
- C.
A big number
- D.
Billion
- 5.What does percent mean?
- A.
A piece of
- B.
Half of everything
- C.
Per hundred
- D.
00
- 6.To write a percent as a decimal, use
- A.
A period
- B.
Hundredths
- C.
Thousandths
- D.
00
- 7.What starts the lifecycle of a fern?
- A.
A leaf
- B.
A spore
- C.
An insect
- D.
An egg
- 8.Scientist classify living things into groups called
- A.
Families
- B.
Corps
- C.
Kingdoms
- D.
Herds
- 9.In 1492 what major event took place?
- A.
The beginning of the Renaissance
- B.
Columbus sailed in search of new lands
- C.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
- D.
Gutenberg created the printing press
- 10.Who was the heir to the throne after the death of Henry VIII?
- A.
Richard the Lion Hearted
- B.
Elizabeth I
- C.
Fernandez
- D.
Mary Tudor
- 11.In the Renaissance, the Florentines supported the spread of education and
- A.
Hard labor
- B.
Aristocratic families
- C.
Art
- D.
Gardening
- 12.What era of time did Shakespeare live?
- A.
The Reformation
- B.
The Middle Ages
- C.
The Renaissance
- D.
The Dark Ages
- 13.What three states touch California?
- A.
Wyoming, Wisconsin, Utah
- B.
Nevada, Texas, New Mexico
- C.
Nevada, Utah, Arizona
- D.
None of the above
- 14.What fresh water lakes are shared with both Canada and the United States?
- A.
The Great Lakes
- B.
Autobahn Lakes
- C.
The Canadian Lakes
- D.
The Salt Lakes
- 15.What are the bodies of water that collect in large dips or depressions in the land called?
- A.
Dimples
- B.
Basins
- C.
Torrential
- D.
Pools
- 16.What reference point do we use to measure time?
- A.
The Prime Directive
- B.
The Sun
- C.
The Prime Meridian
- D.
The North Star
- 17.Explain the phrase “A penny saved is a penny earned?”
- A.
It is a banking term for saving
- B.
When you save money instead of spending it, it is like earning money because you will have extra money in your pocket.
- C.
It is another term for interest
- D.
None of the above
- 18.What do we call something that stand for or suggest something else beyond itself?
- A.
A sign
- B.
A hidden meaning
- C.
An oxymoron
- D.
A symbol
- 19.In this sentence, what is the metaphor? "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is resembles broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
- A.
Hold fast to dreams
- B.
Like a broken-winged bird
- C.
Dreams die….
- D.
Cannot fly
- 20.What is not a personal pronouns?
- A.
I
- B.
You
- C.
Twin
- D.
Them
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