Language Arts 9 Rounds of 35 Multiple-Choice Questions 2013
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Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts 9 rounds of 35 multiple-choice questions 2013 Copyright © 2013 Academic Hallmarks Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 1 Page 1 1. Vocabulary 6. Bad Guys Which are antonyms for "tranquil"? Which characters are not antagonists? A. still, relaxed A. Injun Joe, Simon Legree B. benign, becalmed B. Lemuel Gulliver, Bob Cratchit C. relaxed, unruffled C. Lord Voldemort, Count Dracula D. quiescent, sedated D. Professor Moriarty, Brom Bones E. onerous, vexatious E. Captain Hook, Prince Humperdinck 2. Homophones 7. Allusions Which sentence includes homophones used Invasion of privacy and oppressive control are incorrectly? suggested by the fictional Big ... A. Someday I'll buy an isle. A. Uncle B. His cash was kept in a cache. B. Sister C. The old sailor missed the mist. C. Daddy D. I've not herd of a heard of lions. D. Brother E. You're not allowed to speak aloud. E. Momma 3. Apostrophes 8. Advice Which sentence contains an error? Benjamin Franklin advised that a man would have A. You're cuter than a kiwi berry. health, wealth, and wisdom by doing what? B. Sam's wife fell in the quicksand. A. saving a penny C. Who's corn has the most worms? B. using little strokes D. It's time to try to find the robots. C. making haste slowly E. You'd better get Igor's hump hidden. D. knowing the company he keeps E. going to bed early and getting up early 4. Languages of Literature 9. Sentence Analysis George Orwell said the only language whose Which includes a compound subject? vocabulary gets smaller every year is ... A. Bruce Wayne is Batman. A. Elfin B. Daffy quacks and Bugs chews. B. Lilliputian C. Rocky is a squirrel and a hero. C. Newspeak D. Beldar and Prymaat are aliens. D. Esperanto E. The Blob is corpulent and green. E. Gobbledygook 5. Parts of Speech 10. Vocabulary Which part of speech is not in this line? Which are not antonyms? Great leaders have something which inspires a A. mirth, grief whole people and makes them do great deeds. B. reveal, divulge A. article C. impending, unlikely B. adverb D. diminutive, immense C. pronoun E. obnoxious, agreeable D. adjective E. conjunction Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 1 Page 2 11. Mythical Misfortunes 16. Mythical Monsters The Sun caused the downfall of which Greek The Greek hero, Theseus, slew the ... character? A. Hydra A. Icarus B. Medusa B. Orpheus C. Cyclops C. Daedalus D. Phoenix D. Morpheus E. Minotaur E. Prometheus 12. Words to Live By 17. Forms of Literature What topic is this quote about? A long account of historical events is a(n) ... Give to every other human being every right A. fable you claim for yourself. B. allegory A. pride C. chronicle B. fidelity D. anthology C. gratitude E. monologue D. tolerance E. patriotism 13. Literary Geography 18. Animal Characters Complete the title of this biography. Which creature in Kipling's "Jungle Book" most Escape from ----: How a Vietnam War Orphan closely resembles Walter Morey's "Gentle Ben"? Became an American Boy A. Kaa A. Seoul B. Hathi B. Saigon C. Akela C. Saipan D. Baloo D. Shanghai E. Shere Khan E. Singapore 14. Story Parts 19. Plot Parts Which tale has no denouement? Which is not in the plot of the novel, "Holes"? A. The Monkey's Paw A. an onion farmer B. The Call of the Wild B. the Pit of Despair C. The Lady or the Tiger C. a cure for foot odor D. Beauty and the Beast D. yellow-spotted lizards E. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow E. the outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow 15. Suffixes 20. Metaphors Which word lacks a suffix referring to a state of "Pain arising from the anticipation of evil" and "the being? tax that conscience pays to guilt" are imaginative A. childhood definitions of ... B. friendship A. fear C. happiness B. pity D. laboratory C. diligence E. repentance D. modesty E. optimism Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 1 Page 3 21. Animal Tales 26. Legendary Monarchs Marjorie Rawlings' work, "The Yearling," is about a(n) King Arthur was the son of Uther ... ... A. Aragon A. antlered ruminant B. Tetragon B. cloven-hoofed swine C. Pendragon C. shaggy-haired bovine D. Snapdragon D. horned fleecy ruminant E. Komododragon E. domesticated hoofed quadruped 22. Nonfiction 27. Speech Sounds Russell Freedman wrote "Out of the Darkness" about Pairs of letters that make a single sound such as in what inventor of a special alphabet? "judge" and "feat" are called digraphs. Which words A. Eli Whitney below contain no digraphs? B. Louis Braille A. dash, wait C. Wilbur Wright B. oat, leopard D. Thomas Edison C. asthma, ridge E. Alexander Graham Bell D. tough, through E. murmur, determine 23. Little Guys 28. Environmental Literature In "Gulliver's Travels," the residents of ---- are Which story expresses Dr. Seuss' concerns about the diminutive. destruction of rain forests and human impact on the A. Lilliput environment? B. Laputa A. The Lorax C. Balnibari B. Yertle the Turtle D. Luggnagg C. The Cat in the Hat E. Brobdingnag D. Horton Hears a Who E. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins 24. Protagonists 29. Literary Forms What bird is in the surname of the shipwrecked family A scholarly work on a specific subject is a(n) ... created by Jonathan Wyss and also in the first name of A. holograph the central figure in a famous survival novel by Daniel B. autograph Defoe? C. monograph A. jay D. pictograph B. gull E. seismograph C. hawk D. finch E. robin 25. Short Stories 30. Nouns Complete this line from a short story by Edward Which is an abstract noun that is singular, collective, Everett Hale about a man on a ship. and common? Breathes there a man with a soul so dead A. brick Who never to himself hath said, B. ideas "This is my own - my ..." C. majority A. only life D. dragonfly B. native land E. U.S. Army C. one true love D. closest friend E. fondest dream Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 1 Page 4 31. Lyrical Grammar Which line includes an indirect object? A. I met a girl crazy for me B. Get me to the church on time C. Carry me back to old Virginny D. Drink to me only with thine eyes E. Daisy, Daisy - give me your answer do 32. Creepy Creatures What soul-sucking fiends in Harry Potter stories guard Azkaban, have no eyes, feed on happy memories, and grow like fungi in the darkest, dankest places, creating a dense and chilly fog? A. Basilisks B. Centaurs C. Boggarts D. Thestrals E. Dementors 33. Adjectives Adjectives tell what kind, which one, how much, or how many. Which line illustrates an adjective telling what kind? A. tall tales B. that fiend C. no bananas D. few marbles E. last Mohican 34. Fractured Fairy Tales This is from a bizarre version of what tale? The gaudy fairmother told her to hop in the coalden goach made of a pipe rellow yumpkin, dive to the drance, and be mid by homelight. A. Rapunzel B. Goldilocks C. Cinderella D. Thumbelina E. Snow White 35. Writer's Residences Who lived in a house he called Sunnyside in a New York region called Sleepy Hollow Country? A. O. Henry B. Zane Grey C. Washington Irving D. Joel Chandler Harris E. Edgar Rice Burroughs Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 1 - Answers 1. E 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. E 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. E 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. E 25. B 26. C 27. E 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. E 32. E 33. A 34. C 35. C Bluegrass Conference - Language Arts Round 2 Page 1 1. Ancient Philosophy 6. Prefixes To what is Aeschylus referring below? Which prefixes do not have opposite meanings? Nor sitting at his hearth at home doth man A. syn - sym escape his appointed doom. B. sub - super A. hope C. endo - ecto B. fate D. hyper - hypo C. fear E. macro - micro D. love E. pain 2. Portal Principles 7. Adventure Stories What is this line by Don Quixote about? Jean Craighead George's novel about Sam Gribley is When one door is shut, another opens. entitled "My Side of the ..." A. indignity A. City B. reliability B. River C. credibility C. Street D. hospitality D. Pasture E. opportunity E. Mountain 3. Biographies 8. Frivolous Literary Puns Which is the title of a fictional biography? Which is the best choice for an author of a fictitious A. L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz book entitled "The Big Parade"? B. Walt Disney: Maker of Magical Worlds A. Mae B. Sew C. James Bond: Authorized Biography of 007 B. Marsha Long D. Ordinary Genius: A Story of Albert Einstein C. Howie Dewin E. Mohandas Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword D. Rufus Leakkan E. Lois Carmen DeNominata 4. Eloquent Elocution 9. Literary Subdivisions What did Samuel Johnson define as "the power of Which is composed of stanzas? beating down your adversary's arguments and putting A. The Tell-Tale Heart better in their place"? B. The Tommyknockers A. poetry C. The Man Without a Country B. oratory D. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle C. mimicry E. The Cremation of Sam McGee D. allegory E. mockery 5. Word Combos 10. Word Usage Which are blended words in contrast to compound In which example is the word "as" used to mean words? "since" or "because"? A.