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Hidden Intellectualism

Quiz by Megan Werland

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23 questions
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  • Q1
    Who is the author of "Hidden Intellectualism?"
    Gerald Graff
    30s
  • Q2
    What book was this excerpt published in?
    They Say, I Say
    30s
  • Q3
    Schools and colleges overlook the _____ potential of street smarts.
    intellectual
    expository
    earning
    30s
  • Q4
    Schools and colleges associate the _______ life with subjects and texts that seem more weighty and academic.
    hood
    valid
    educated
    30s
  • Q5
    But, there is no _____ between educational depth and specific texts or subjects, meaning real intellectuals can find any subject engaging or interesting.
    correlation
    difference
    transfer
    30s
  • Q6
    We want students to obtain intellectual ______.
    "bodies"
    "relationships"
    "texts"
    "identities"
    30s
  • Q7
    Graff offers his own life as an example. He claims that he only cared to read about _____.
    being tough
    hooods
    Shakespeare
    sports
    30s
  • Q8
    He believes however, that his love of sports made him _____ _____.
    the toughest guy in the neighborhood
    a professor of English
    an intellectual
    a hood with street smarts
    30s
  • Q9
    He grew up in _____ where he didn't want to appear too smart.
    Toronto
    New York
    Los Angeles
    Chicago
    30s
  • Q10
    He was desperate to be approved by the ______ .
    egg-heads
    teachers
    hoods
    athletes
    30s
  • Q11
    He felt that to be legitimate in his neighborhood, he needed to be ____.
    tough
    smart
    rich
    athletic
    30s
  • Q12
    He says that the 1950's, like him, were also _____ _____ being smart and tough.
    obsessed with
    ambivalent about
    accepting of
    30s
  • Q13
    Ambivalent means _____.
    denial
    determined
    undecided
    confused
    30s
  • Q14
    Who did Marilyn Monroe marry after divorcing baseball star, Joe DiMaggio?
    Clair Burns
    Arthur Miller
    John Kennedy
    Elvis Pressley
    30s
  • Q15
    This is significant in the 1950's because Arthur Miller was a playwright and ____ ____, which means the tides were turning for the school-smart crowd.
    a communist
    a member of the actor's guild
    an individual
    an intellectual
    30s

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