Terror Trivia

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Name

First Name

Last Name

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TikTok videos are known for brevity, averaging 34 seconds.* This field is required.

being silent

being ugly

being dull

being brief

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Correct answer is: Being Brief

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Luke's speech was so bombastic that everyone knew he was just showing off.* This field is required.

full of slang

creative

showy

unusual

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Correct answer is: showy

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One example of a colloquial greeting is, "What's up, bro?"* This field is required.

formal

conversational speech

unfriendly

foreign language

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Correct answer is: Conversational Speech

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To avoid hand cramps, I make sure my notes are concise.* This field is required.

brief

invisible

artistic

illegible

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Correct answer: brief

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The digital SAT includes a penalty for guessing of -.25* This field is required.

True

False

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Correct answer is: False. Wrong answers do not have a penalty.

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The digital SAT* This field is required.

is longer than the paper and pencil SAT

adapts to student abilities

has four sections - reading, writing, math (no calculator), and math (with calculator)

is scored out of 2000 instead of 1600

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Correct answer: The digital SAT adapts based on your responses. It is shorter than previous tests, has two sections, and is still out of 1600.

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Read the following passage and choose the best answer.* This field is required.During the Ice Age, the region of Central Asia would have been ideally situated to serve as a place for early humans to travel through if not for its _ conditions that rendered the area inhospitable. However, scientists have recently found evidence to support the idea that, at times, the Caspian Sea's water levels were sufficiently high to yield the moisture in the air that is necessary for life.

ideal

insolent

arid

sporadic

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Correct answer is: arid

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Select the best word to complete the sentence.* This field is required.Photo-based artist Deanna Lawson can partially _ her interest in the medium to her upbringing: her mother worked as an administrative assistant at Kodak, a well-known film and camera company, and her father was an employee of Xerox, a company known for its photocopy machines.

attribute

adhere

promote

inherit

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Correct answer is: attribute

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The following text is from T. S. Eliot's 1915 poem "Cousin Nancy"* This field is required.Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them-- The barren New England hills-- Riding to hounds Over the cow pasture. Miss Nancy Elliot smoked And danced all the modern dances; **And her aunts were not quite sure how they felt about it, But they knew that it was modern.** Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith, The army of unalterable law. Which choice best describes the function of the starred text?

It states the reasons Miss Nancy Elliott does the actions previously mentioned.

It illustrates the relationship Miss Nancy Elliott has with her aunts.

It introduces Miss Nancy Elliott's aunts to the audience.

It conveys a response to Miss Nancy Elliott's actions.

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Correct answer is: It conveys a response to her actions

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Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?* This field is required.Oral tradition is a type of communication method used by a variety of cultures to pass information, art, thoughts, and wisdom between generations. The intelligence can be shared through poetry, folktales, stories, and more and allows cultures to convey these traditions without or along with an established writing system. However, the transmission of ideas this way can present certain obstacles. It is difficult to verify whether the knowledge being transferred is correct and similar to its original version. As a result of this, many cultures use devices such as repetition, assonance, alliteration, and rhythmic timing. Through the use of devices like these, it is easier to recall the knowledge in order to correctly relay it to the next generation.

To propose a solution to the obstacles faced by oral tradition

To clarify that oral tradition can only be used in certain cultures

To explain how cultures make it easier to remember knowledge from oral tradition

To assert that oral tradition is more beneficial than a writing system is

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Correct answer is: To explain how cultures make it easier to remember knowledge

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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?* This field is required.The advent of television played a significant role in defining a national culture because everyone in the U. S. was watching the same limited number of programs. This national reach could occasionally lead to conformity and sensationalism, but it also showed ____ just how diverse the American scene had become. Since many people lived in towns with others who shared their backgrounds and couldn't afford to or chose not to travel, television could show viewers just how big the world outside was.

many in the American public,

many, in the American public

many in the American public

many, in the American public,

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Did you choose a comma or two?No commas necessary here!

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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?* This field is required.Researchers at the Intermountain Bird Observatory in Idaho wanted to study the effects of highway volume on local bird populations, so they created a fake road with 15 pairs of speakers playing the sounds of traffic noise. According to the study, the mere sounds of traffic ___ avian populations by a third and cut species diversity by a significant amount.

reduced

reducing

having reduced

to reduce

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Correct answer is: reduced

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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?* This field is required.Sometimes, as in the case of Michelangelo's famous sculpture David, the cleaning and restoration of artworks is a simple ___ applying chemicals, washing away grime, and scrubbing off dirt. With most paintings, however, the process is a good deal more involved. Once cannot merely take a scrub brush to a centuries-old great work.

matter,

matter

matter:

matter;

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Correct answer: the colon

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Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?* This field is required.University of Washington biologist Kate Stafford has recorded sounds in the deep waters of the Bering Strait to track whale migration. For Stafford, sound provides an advantage that sight cannot: one can continue to record sound at night or underneath ice ___ the challenges of deep-sea sound recording are not nearly as problematic as those of deep-sea diving.

cover and

cover,

cover; and

cover, and

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Correct answer is: cover, and

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How did you do?Your Score

Over 500 = Great; Under 500 = Try Again!

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OMG! YOU ANSWERED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS CORRECT!

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You answered more than 80% of the questions correctly!YOU CERTAINLY ARE THE BEST FRIENDS FAN!

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You answered more than 70% of the questions correctly!Wow, not bad at all

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You answered about 50% of the questions correctly..Well, liking a series does not always mean you are a fan of it. Maybe you should make another whole round!

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You answered less than 50% of the questions correctly..We are suspicious if you actually watched the show..

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You answered LESS than 30% of the questions correctly?!Did you actually see the show??????