QUIZ
1. Which of the following male characteristics should women emulate?
_____a. running a marathon
_____b. having an aura of power and control
_____c. being revered
_____d. not caring about respect
2. What did the prestigious professor do to anger the author?
_____a. He tried to fire her.
_____b. He talked incessantly about himself.
_____c. He made a sexual pass at her.
_____d. He ridiculed her knowledge of baseball.
What characteristic does the author attribute to some film stars?
_____a. a tough guy image
_____b. a sense of fairness
_____c. the image of being sexy
_____d. deep attachment to their roots
4. According to the author, women should stop
_____a. having so many babies.
_____b. wearing mini skirts.
_____c. manipulating men.
_____d. taking responsibility for making conversations go well.
5. Women need to learn from men
_____a. how to defend themselves in the work place.
_____b. how to be more patriotic.
_____c. how to deal with anger.
_____d. how to handle a gun.
Suing for Fun and Profit
Andy Rooney
QUIZ
1. What does Rooney say he's been thinking about doing?
_____a. Hiking the Appalachian Trail
_____b. Running for political office
_____c. Becoming a baseball umpire
_____d. Quitting work and making a living from suing
2. In Los Angeles a jury awarded a woman with lung cancer
_____a. $10 million.
_____b. $28 billion.
_____c. free hospital care for the rest of her life.
_____d. $1,500 per month for ten years.
3. Which companies have gone out of business because of law suits?
_____a. Manufacturers of motorcycles and speed boats
_____b. Manufacturers of snow skis and water skis
_____c. Manufacturers of diving boards and ladders
_____d. Manufacturers of electric blankets and bathroom nightlights
4. Whom did Caesar Barber sue?
_____a. McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy’s
_____b. Phillip Morris tobacco company
_____c. His own mother for cooking such high cholesterol foods
_____d. The local police department, a gun store, and a local armory
5. Whom would Rooney sue if he ever quits his present job?
_____a. The Writers Guild
_____b. FOX News
_____c. Dan Rather
_____d. CBS
The Word as Person: Eponyms
Don Farrant
Quiz
1. Melba toast was named after a
_____ a. a Scottish engineer.
_____ b. an Australian soprano.
_____ c. an Italian chemist.
_____ d. a 19th century American lacrosse player.
2. The Seventh Earl of Cardigan also led
_____ a. the Charge of the Light Brigade.
_____ b. the effort to cure measles.
_____ c. the University of Aberdeen.
_____ d. the search for the Northwest passage.
3. The word “boycott” was derived from
_____ a. the name of a St. Louis band leader.
_____ b. the name of a ship sunk in Crimea.
_____ c. the name of a lost tribe of Israel.
_____ d. the name of an unpopular land agent in Ireland.
4. "Mesmerism," after a German physician, is another term for
_____ a. biological symbiosis.
_____ b. a coronary condition.
_____ c. a theory about the dark side of the moon.
_____ d. hypnosis.
5. What is a Plimsoll mark?
_____ a. a loading mark on the side of a ship
_____ b. an Australian rugby out of bounds line
_____ c. the mark a cricket bowler steps on before his delivery
_____ d. a Heraldic term
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Definition
Arrangement in Black and White
Dorothy Parker
Quiz
1. Who is Walter Williams?
_____ a. a French Impressionist painter
_____ b. a major in the Confederate army
_____ c. a black singer
_____ d. a director who makes arrangements for black and white films
2. What is the setting of the story?
_____ a. a funeral
_____ b. a wedding
_____ c. a church service
_____ d. a cocktail party
3. Whom does Burton visit in the kitchen every time he goes home?
_____ a. his ailing mother
_____ b. his black nurse
_____ c. the family cook
_____ d. the manor gardener
4. Why can’t the main character invite Walter Williams to her home?
_____ a. Her husband, Burton, would not allow it.
_____ b. Her home is not beautiful enough.
_____ c. The liberals in town would shun her.
_____ d. She and Williams have had a quarrel.
5. Whom does the main character call “a wonderful actress”?
_____ a. Shirley Temple
_____ b. Greta Garbo
_____ c. Katherine Burke
_____ d. Elizabeth Taylor
Incident
Countee Cullen
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