Easy (10)

1.

Which of the following is correctly spelled?

a. Acomodation
b. Accomodation
c. Acommodation
d. Accommodation

2.

Which of the following is INCORRECTLY spelled?

a. Ration
b. Misspell
c. Privilege
d. Cemetary

3.

Which of the following is grammatically correct?

a. The writings in the wall proclaim the truth.
b. The writings on the wall proclaim the truth.
c. The writings along the wall proclaim the truth.
d. The writings within the wall proclaim the truth.

4.

Which of the following is grammatically correct?

a. The point pierced along the surface.
b. The point pierced through the surface.
c. The point pierced between the surface.
d. The point pierced underneath the surface.

5.

What does APA in APA citation style mean?

a. American Physiological Associated
b. American Physiological Association
c. American Psychological Association
d. Americas Psychological Association

6.

In which series can you find The Boy Who Lived?

a. Harry Potter
b. Artemis Fowl
c. Percy Jackson
d. Lord of the Rings

7.

Who wrote the novel Stargirl?

a. Neil Gaiman
b. Jerry Spinelli
c. David Levithan
d. Stephen Chobosky

8.

Which Shakespeare play revolved around the tragic story of the plays star-crossed lovers?
a. Hamlet
b. As You Like It
c. Romeo and Juliet
d. Taming of the Shrew

9.

What literary style can be found in the following verse:

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-crossd lovers take their life
a. Paradox
b. Metaphor
c. Apostrophe
d. Alliteration

Average (10)
1. What word functions as a verb in the following sentence:
The crying child wailed all afternoon.
2.

Identify the erroneous word in the following sentence:

She had to move several furnitures before she could sweep the floor.
A
B
C
D

3.

When someone loses hope, they must immediately be given comfort.

Which of the following did this sentence violate?
a. Parallelism
b. Consistency of Tenses
c. Subject-Verb Agreement
d. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

4.

In which novel can you find the One Ring to Rule Them All?
a. Divergent
b. City of Bones
c. Return of the King
d. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

5.

Stephenie Meyers novel Twilight was inspired by which Jane Austen novel?
a. Emma
b. Persuasion
c. Pride and Prejudice
d. Sense and Sensibility

6.

This is an auto-biographical novel about the difficulties a Chinese woman faced as she grew up with her over-bearing and tyrannical step-mother.
a. Tall Story
b. Parvanas Story
c. Chinese Cinderella
d. The Last Time I Saw Mother

7.

In this novel by Mitch Albom, the protagonist looks back at different points in his life as he tries to understand the meaning of his life in Earth:
a. The Time Keeper
b. For One More Day
c. Tuesdays with Morrie
d. The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Difficult (10)
1. In the sentence:
2.

Who wrote the poem The Erl-King?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3.

Who wrote the novel Don Quixote?

Miguel de Cervantes

4.

From which Shakespeare play is the following line taken from?

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes
a. Othello
b. Twelfth Night
c. Romeo and Juliet
d. Merchant of Venice

5.

Which character from the Merchant of Venice delivered this line?

a. Portia
b. Shylock
c. Antonio
d. Bassanio

6.

The Lord of the Rings series was written by JRR Tolkien. What do the letter JRR stand for?
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien