Building Background Knowledge Quiz 11
Quiz by Scott Burns
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- Q1Which is not a way the author builds your understanding of a character in a novel.from the words they sayfrom their actionsfrom picturesfrom their physical description20s
- Q2Which is not a way the author connects a reader to the setting?including the characters thoughtsnoting specific placesfrom dates they includedescriptions of what things look like20s
- Q3What is the substance that makes up most of your nose and found on the tips of where two bones meet?graphitetungstenbonecartilage20s
- Q4Another word for cranium isscapulaclavicleskullmadible20s
- Q5Which is not an essential ingredient for plant growth?carbon dioxidewateroxygensunlight20s
- Q6What is the distance around the outside of a circle?radiuscircumferencepiperimeter10s
- Q7Norman Borlaug, University of Minnesota professor, fed millions around the globe throughthe green revolution.the red revolution.the food revolution.food replication technology like they use in Star Trek.20s
- Q8These laws kept black Americans from enjoying all the rights and privileges white Americans had?Segregation Lawsthe Missouri LawsJim Crow LawsBlack Bird Laws20s
- Q9What president developed the "Peace Corps" which sent young Americans out to do service at home and in other countries?President KennedyPresident NixonPresident ObamaPresident Reagan20s
- Q10What famed couple are from the Capulet and Montague families?Antony and CleopatraBeyonce and Jay ZKanye and KimRomeo and Juliet20s
- Q11What has been carved into the rock of Stone Mountain in Georgia?the Confederate flagConfederate generalsAbraham LincolnMartin Luther King Jr20s
- Q12"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore," is a line from a famous poem. The poet isWalt WhitmanEdgar Allen PoeAlfred HitchcockWes Craven20s
- Q13Mount Olympus is important toThe Roman gods.the Chinese gods.The Aztec gods.the Greek gods.20s
- Q14What does R.I.P. mean?Rot in PlaceRest in PiecesRest in PeaceRest in Prison20s
- Q15What South American country has the Atacama desert?VenezuelaColumbiaChileBrazil20s