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1
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Lee Strobel studied to become a ___ as well as a ___.

A

journalist and lawyer

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Where did Lee Strobel work for? As what?

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“The Chicago Tribune” as a court reporter

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What made him want investigate experts about the claims of Christianity? What did he find?

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His wife’s (Leslie’s) conversion

The claims were true.

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Wrong assumption towards the accused in the court case is like people today who assume what

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that Jesus is a good teacher or a myth.

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He interviews ___ about the four gospels’ reliability.

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Craig Blomberg

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It is shown in another court case that ___ can make a difference.

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eyewitnesses

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What two gospels had direct eyewitness eye-witness reports?

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Matthew and John

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What two gospels had connections to eyewitnesses?

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Mark and Luke

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Ancient biographies stressed ___, and here, that is that Jesus is the son of God

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a lesson to be learned

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Two reasons why jesus is not a myth

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not enough time passed to create a myth (only 30 to 50 years, and not 500 like Alexander the Great)
enemies (especially the Jews) were present who could call the apostles’ hands if there were any falsehoods.

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11
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What book gives the most direct claims about Jesus’ divinity

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John

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12
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“Son of Man” refers to what

A

a divine being

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13
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Strobel continues to question Blomberg using ___.

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eight tests

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14
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The apostles’ intentions were to do what?

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accurately preserve history

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15
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The apostles had the ability to do what?

how do we know?

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transmit an accurate message

the Gospels would be checked time and again to be sure it was accurate

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16
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True or False: The Gospel don’t present any real major contradictions.

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True

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17
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The Gospels aren’t ___; the men who wrote them what?

A

biased

loved Jesus openly.

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18
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How do we know that the writers don’t falsify their stories?

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because the weaknesses, unpleasant stories, and awkward characters are shown as well

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19
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Details of the setting have been confirmed by ___ and Blomberg.

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archeology

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20
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Blomberg said what has happened during his studies of the Gospels.

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his faith has grown.

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Strobel said that Blomberg had done what?

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laid a good foundation to build on

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22
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___ could figure out criminals’ ___ from ___ about what they said and did.

A

Douglas Witherington
personalities
clues

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Strobel wants to use Douglas’s skill to see if Jesus’ claims to be God’s Son matched up with His ___.

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deeds

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Jesus’ relationship to His ___ was important because He was founding a new order.

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diciples

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25
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the Jewish religious leaders didn’t like His authority and stress on ___.

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newness

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26
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Jesus claims to perform miracles by the ___; the miracles also point to His new kingdom.

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finger of God

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27
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Jesus shows His unique relationship to God through:

  • using “___” (Daddy)
  • using the “___” (an expression from Daniel which underscores His divinity)
  • claiming that He and God are one.
A

Abba

Son of Man

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28
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Jesus saw Himself on a divine mission to offer ___ to all people.

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salvation

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29
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Jesus was not a ___ (you can’t fool others too against theft wills) nor did He use ___.

A

hypnotist

hypnotism

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30
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Jesus’ healings were not just ___. (Jesus’ goal was to be helpful, and His healings caused real physical changes to take place instantly).

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psycho-somatically induced

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31
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Jesus not only claims to be God’s Son, but He backs up His ___ with His ___ and His ___.

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words
miracles
rational actions

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32
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Fingerprints are unique and fit only one person; similarly, the Jewish prophecies about a Messiah point to a unique individual, and Jesus ___. (His life matches the “fingerprint” they provide).

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Jesus perfectly fulfills those prophecies

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33
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___ was a Jew who grew up not knowing about the Messiah or about Jesus (He was a dead Gentile invention).

A

Lapides

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34
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True/False Lapides saw war, took drugs, and dabbled with Eastern religions and Satanism.

A

True

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35
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Once Christians challenged Lapides by saying that God was ___ and that Jesus was ___.

A

Objective

the Messiah

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36
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Lapides read for himself the Old Testament’s prophecies and then cautiously read the New Testament (he thought it was Nazi propaganda, but soon discovered that Jesus had ___ roots and “fit” those ___).

A

Jewish

ptophecies

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37
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How many prophecies did Jesus fufill? -it was not just a coincedence

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48

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38
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Any attempts to do what would have been shot down by Jesus’ enemies

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fabricate a fulfillment of the prophecies

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39
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Jesus could not have manipulated the prophecy concerning the ___.

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time of his birth

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40
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Christians have not made the prophecies to fit Jesus; rather, His ___, ___, and ___ fulfill all those predictions (as He Himself told His disciples that they did).

A

life
death
ressurection

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41
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Craig defends that Jesus was really buried and that His body was not what?.

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thrown to the dogs

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42
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All the Gospels note that ___ was the one who buried Jesus, and Luke says he was absent when the Jewish Council (of which he was a part) met to condemn Jesus to death.

A

Joseph

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43
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Mark’s Gospel was written ___ after the events happened, and all the accounts are reliable.

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not too long after the events

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44
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The Jews viewed resurrection as a ___ act, and not just a ___ act.

A

physical

spiritual

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45
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The Jews and Christians debate on the resurrection shows that the story about the ___ is true.

A

guards

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46
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The ___ in the resurrection stories show their genuineness and are seen only in secondary matters. The stories can still be ___.

A

inconsistencies

harmonized

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47
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Having ___ as the first witnesses shows the authenticity of the gospels for ___ were seen as untrustworthy.

A

women

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48
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The early preachers did make references to the ___ (but not using these exact words).

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empty tomb

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49
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The tomb of Jesus was known by both the ___ and ___ alike.

A

Jews

Christians

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50
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Jesus’ Jewish enemies never mention the tomb because they…

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admitted that there was no body there

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51
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The ___ is very possible because a God exists who can perform miracles in our world.

A

resurrection

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52
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___ evidence is not direct evidence like eyewitness testimony, but it can be effective enough to convict a person if it can be proven that all the pieces of the puzzle point to the person being in that situation.

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Circumstantial

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53
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Strobel asks ___ to give five pieces of circumstantial evidence which prove the resurrection

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Moreland

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54
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Moreland’s first piece was the transformation that took place in the ___ (from fear/hidden to bold/open).

A

apostles

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55
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Moreland’s second piece was the transformation of the skeptics like ___ and ___ (seeing Him changes them).

A

James

Paul

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56
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Moreland’s third piece was that ___ changed, like animal sacrifices and keeping Sabbaths.

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key Jewish social structures

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57
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Moreland’s fourth piece was that the ___ and ___ “replay” the resurrection.

A

Lord’s Supper

Baptism by immersion

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58
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Moreland’s fifth piece was that the ___ would never have existed if there had not been a resurrection.

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church

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59
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True or False: Moreland concluded by saying that people can continue to have a relationship with non-Christians even though they belive the wrong things.

A

False

He concluded by saying that people can continue to have a relationship with the risen Jesus.

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60
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List the three appeals of Aristotle

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Ethos-Establish authority of the writer
Pathos-Emotion
Logos- Logic

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61
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Know the six rhetorical devices mentioned in Vance’s presentation

A 
repeated words
repeated sentences
fregments
similes
metaphores
personification
rhetorical questions
62
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list the three parts of the rhetorical triangle

A

speaker, audience, subject

63
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Know how the triangle is placed into a larger arena of context and purpose

A

?

64
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  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Non-fiction deals with real people, real experiences, and real ideas.
    B. An essay is a piece of prose writing that usually gives a brief explanation about a topic.
    C. A writer’s style deals with the topic and how interesting it is.
    D. The word “essay” came from a French expression meaning “I try”.
A

C

65
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2. It uses an analogy comparing reading a river to reading a book.
A. The Death of a Tree
B. The Flight of Rachel Carson
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. A Whole Nation and a People
E. A Taste of Snow
A

C

66
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3. It uses an incident of a boy with an adult and later tells how the adult had influenced him.
A. The Death of a Tree
B. The Flight of Rachel Carson
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. A Whole Nation and a People
E. A Taste of Snow
A

D

67
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4. It uses a powerful personal experience and then compares it to past personal experiences
A. The Death of a Tree
B. The Flight of Rachel Carson
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. A Whole Nation and a People
E. A Taste of Snow
A

E

68
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5. It uses a problem, one who helped address the issue, a solution, and a quotation from a book.
A. The Death of a Tree
B. The Flight of Rachel Carson
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. A Whole Nation and a People
E. A Taste of Snow
A

B

69
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6. It uses chronological order and spatial process, and then describes emptiness and usefulness.
A. The Death of a Tree
B. The Flight of Rachel Carson
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. A Whole Nation and a People
E. A Taste of Snow
A

A

70
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7. “For a great tree death comes as a gradual transformation” is the author’s
A. thesis
B. anecdote
C. climax
D. analogy
A

A

71
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8. A brief story about an interesting or humorous incident is called 
A. an analogy 
B. an anecdote 
C. a personification 
D. tone
A

B

72
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9. An extended point-by-point comparison between two things is called 
A. an analogy 
B. an anecdote 
C. a personification 
D. tone
A

A

73
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10. The writer’s attitude towards his or her subject is called \_\_\_ and is revealed through diction. 
A. an analogy 
B. an anecdote 
C. a personification 
D. tone
A

D

74
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. In MLA style, a period usually comes before the parenthesis that indicates the source.
    B. In MLA style, when one cites a book, the page number should also be put in the parenthesis.
    C. In MLA style, an entry’s second and third lines on the Work Cited page should be indented.
    D. In MLA style, putting the URL to a site is not sufficient as an entry on the Works Cited page.
A

A

75
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  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Many other countries have a rich dramatic tradition.
    B. The type of drama that comes from a Greek word meaning “goat song” is comedy.
    C. A type of comedy which depends on an improbable situation and exaggerated is farce.
    D. Stage directions, sound effects, soliloquies, and asides are called the conventions of drama.
A

B

76
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  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. “A Marriage Proposal” was written by Anton Chekhov.
    B. When Kreton notes that humans are a very violent people, satire is being used.
    C. Joseph challenges Frank Morrison to be the first person to kill him.
    D. Frank Morrison rallies the crowd against Joseph, and they forcefully carry him to his car.
A

D

77
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  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. A monologue is a long speech spoken by one character with other actors on the stage.
    B. The correct order is: exposition, raising action, crisis, falling action, climax, and resolution.
    C. Shakespeare’s plays can be classified as tragedies, histories, and comedies.
    D. Romeo hears about the Capulet party through Mercutio
A

D

78
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Romeo and Juliet both realize that they are in love with their family’s enemy.
    B. “Parting is such sweet sorrow” is an oxymoron.
    C. Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to perform a wedding for Juliet and himself.
    D. On her way to the church, Juliet is prohibited from marrying Romeo by Lady Capulet
A

D

79
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. The Capulets and Paris are very grieved over Juliet’s “death”.
    B. Balthasar brings the news to Romeo that Juliet is “dead”.
    C. Romeo’s plan is to kill himself with poison and die with Juliet.
    D. Paris comes to the tomb of Juliet because he plansto kill himself as well.
A

D

80
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Friar Laurence reveals his scheme to try to reunite Romeo and Juliet.
    B. The Prince decrees that the Montagues must pay a fine for Romeo’s vile actions.
    C. Capulet says that he intends to make a golden statue of Romeo.
    D. The Prince closes the play by stressing it was a tragedy (“a story of woe”).
A

B

81
Q 
18. “Mending Wall”
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Robert Frost
C. George Gordon
D.Langston Hughes
E. Longfellow
A

B

82
Q 
19. “The Death of Sennacherib”
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Robert Frost
C. George Gordon
D.Langston Hughes
E. Longfellow
A

C

83
Q 
20. “Dream Deferred”
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Robert Frost
C. George Gordon
D.Langston Hughes
E. Longfellow
A

D

84
Q 
21. “I’ll Tell You How the Sun Rose”
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Robert Frost
C. George Gordon
D.Langston Hughes
E. Longfellow
A

A

85
Q 
22. “The Day Is Done”
A. Emily Dickinson
B. Robert Frost
C. George Gordon
D.Langston Hughes
E. Longfellow
A

E

86
Q 
23. “Jazz Fantasia” 
A. Edna S. V. Millay
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Theodore Roethke
D. Carl Sandburg
E. Shelley
A

D

87
Q 
24. “The Fawn”
A. Edna S. V. Millay
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Theodore Roethke
D. Carl Sandburg
E. Shelley
A

A

88
Q 
25. “The Meadow Mouse”
A. Edna S. V. Millay
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Theodore Roethke
D. Carl Sandburg
E. Shelley
A

C

89
Q 
26. “Eldorado”
A. Edna S. V. Millay
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Theodore Roethke
D. Carl Sandburg
E. Shelley
A

B

90
Q 
27. “The Cloud”
A. Edna S. V. Millay
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Theodore Roethke
D. Carl Sandburg
E. Shelley
A

E

91
Q

28:Which of the following is FALSE?
A. “Cargoes” contrasts ancient ships’ valuable items with modem ships’ necessary items.
B. “The Shell” contrasts the sunrise and the sunset.
C. In “The Sound of the Sea”, the poet claims that we sometimes have divine inspirations.
D. “Mending Wall” tells how we often can erect offensive barriers against others.

A

B

92
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. The poem that has a peaceful setting and relaxing mood is “Moon Tiger”.
    B. The poem that contrasts a peaceful situation with a dangerous one is “The Meadow Mouse”.
    C. The poem that visually demonstrates options of what could happen is “Dream Deferred”.
    D. The poem that has an unusual speaker is “The Cloud”.
A

A

93
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  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. The poem that appeals to all our sens except touch, is “Our House in Hadong”.
    B. The poem that tells the moon to leave the city is “A Song of the Moon.”
    C. The poem that is an Italian sonnet is “The Death of Sennacherib”.
    D. The poem that has unusual rhymes is “Next!”
A

C

94
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. The poem with an unusual line structure is “400-meter Freestyle”.
    B. The poem that gives a sense of slow going is “The Time We Climbed Snake Mountain”.
    C. The poem that talks about a dreary land and ends with a jolting cart is “Starfish”.
    D. The poem that presents life as a journey is “Eldorado”.
A

C

95
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. Soliloquy refers to a poet’s word choice.
    B. Imagery involves using figurative language like similes, metaphors, and personifications.
    C. An English sonnet has three stanzas of four lines and concludes with a couplet.
    D. Parallelism refers to repeated words, expressions, and thoughts.
A

A

96
Q 
33. “Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart.
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start.”
These lines have an example of:
A. alliteration
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. simile
A

D

97
Q 
34. “The hills untied their bonnets” is an example of
A. alliteration
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. simile
A

C

98
Q 
35. “The moon tiger.
In the room here.”
These lines have an example of:
A. alliteration
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. simile
A

B

99
Q 
3. “Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon,”
These lines have an example of:
A. alliteration
B. metaphor
C. assonance
D. simile
A

A

100
Q 
37. Robert Burns
A. “At Woodward’s Gardens”
B. “John Anderson My Jo”
C. “Art Review”
D. “All in green went my love riding”
A

B

101
Q 
38. E. E. Cummings
A. “At Woodward’s Gardens”
B. “John Anderson My Jo”
C. “Art Review”
D. “All in green went my love riding”
A

D

102
Q 
39. Kenneth Fearing
A. “At Woodward’s Gardens”
B. “John Anderson My Jo”
C. “Art Review”
D. “All in green went my love riding”
A

C

103
Q 
40. Robert Frost
A. “At Woodward’s Gardens”
B. “John Anderson My Jo”
C. “Art Review”
D. “All in green went my love riding”
A

A

104
Q 
41. Geothe
A. “Loveliest of Trees”
B. “The Erl-King”
C. “Bribe”
D. “Recessional”
A

B

105
Q 
42. A. F. Housman
A. “Loveliest of Trees”
B. “The Erl-King”
C. “Bribe”
D. “Recessional”
A

A

106
Q 
43. Rudyard Kipling
A. “Loveliest of Trees”
B. “The Erl-King”
C. “Bribe”
D. “Recessional”
A

D

107
Q 
44. Pat Mora
A. “Loveliest of Trees”
B. “The Erl-King”
C. “Bribe”
D. “Recessional”
A

C

108
Q 
45. Edwin Muir
A. “Lord Randal”
B. “The Castle”
C. “The Battle of Blenheim”
D. “Uphill”
E. “O Mistress Mine”
A

B

109
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46. Christina Rosetti
A. “Lord Randal”
B. “The Castle”
C. “The Battle of Blenheim”
D. “Uphill”
E. “O Mistress Mine”
A

D

110
Q 
47. William Shakespeare
A. “Lord Randal”
B. “The Castle”
C. “The Battle of Blenheim”
D. “Uphill”
E. “O Mistress Mine”
A

E

111
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48. Robert Southey
A. “Lord Randal”
B. “The Castle”
C. “The Battle of Blenheim”
D. “Uphill”
E. “O Mistress Mine”
A

C

112
Q 
49. old folk ballad
A. “Lord Randal”
B. “The Castle”
C. “The Battle of Blenheim”
D. “Uphill”
E. “O Mistress Mine”
A

A

113
Q 
50. Alfred Lord Tennyson
A. “The Seven Ages of Man”
B. “Desert Places”
C. “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”
D. “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
A

D

114
Q 
51. William Wordsworth
A. “The Seven Ages of Man”
B. “Desert Places”
C. “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”
D. “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
A

C

115
Q 
52. Robert Frost
A. “The Seven Ages of Man”
B. “Desert Places”
C. “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”
D. “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
A

B

116
Q 
53. William Shakespeare
A. “The Seven Ages of Man”
B. “Desert Places”
C. “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”
D. “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
A

A

117
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. The point of “At Woodward’s Garden” is: knowing what to do with knowledge.
    B. “A little wicked wicket gate” is found in “The Castle”.
    C. “Lest we forget—lest we forget” is repeated often in “Recessional”.
    D. A lovely scene of daffodils brought comfort to Henry Longfellow.
A

D

118
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. A narrative poem that describes 600 brave soldiers is “The Battle of Blenheim”.
    B. A lyrical poem that talks about friendship throughout life is “John Anderson My Jo”.
    C. The author makes an offering and asks for help in using words artistically in “Bribe”.
    D. “… the infant was dead” is found in “The Erl-King”.
A

A

119
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. A young fellow was poisoned to death by his “girlfriend” in “Lord Randal”.
    B. The poem where the author realizes his life is short is “Loveliest of Trees”.
    C. The poem that talks about graffiti pictures and graffiti artists is “Art Review”.
    D. The poem that says let’s get on with love while we’re young is “The Seven Ages of Man”.
A

D

120
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. The poet laureate of England for 40 years was William Wordsworth.
    B. Robert Burns was one of Ireland’s greatest poets.
    C. Rudyard Kipling tried many new ideas: no punctuation, no capitalization, visual cues.
    D. All of the above are false.
A

D

121
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. A usual citation in MLA has the author’s last name and page number in parentheses.
    B. A Works Cited entry has the first line at the left margin and subsequent lines indented.
    C. This is a correct entry for a book: Jones, Bill. Great Poems. Austin: U Texas P. 2014. Print.
    D. The Works Cited usually comes out to about three pages.
A

D

122
Q
  1. Which of the following is FALSE?
    A. The alphabetical listing and the hanging indention help the reader find the source quickly.
    B. If an author is unknown, the title of a book or a website can be used.
    C. When one alphabetized by title, the articles “a, an, and the” are used to determine the position.
    D. The following is correct if there are more than 3 authors: Jones, Bill et al.
A

C

123
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Plagiarism is really stealing another person’s intellectual property.
    B. Paraphrasing another person’s argument without a reference to him or her is not plagiarism.
    C. An important part of research is integrating one’s own views on a subject with others’ views.
    D. In a research paper, a student should document everything that has been provided by another.
A

B

124
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Three things to evaluate a resource are authority, accuracy, and currency.
    B. The punctuation goes before the parentheses when there is a long indented quotation.
    C. A citation can never have multiple page numbers.
    D. Citations in the text should always point to entries in the Work Cited pages.
A

C

125
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. The four major types of meter are: iambic, trochee, anapest, and dactyl.
    B. Trustworthy website usually have sponsors, an editorial policy, a board, and contributors.
    C. To avoid plagiarism, put statements in quotation marks and put the resource in parentheses.
    D. Free verse has a fixed rhythm scheme.
A

D

126
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. For an entry from a website in the Works Cited page, a student should have as a minimum:
    the website’s title, its date of publication, its medium, and the date it was accessed.
    B. The MLA Handbook gives no form to follow for a book found online.
    C. One should go to 5.7.1 of the MLA Handbook to find other examples of how to do entries for various resources.
    D. One can draw from audio sources, movies, interviews, lectures, letters, etc. to find materials for a research paper.
A

B

127
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. To generate details, one must ask questions.
    B. One can start a paper by space, by time, by content, or by perspective.
    C. A conclusion should tie up loose ends and leave the reader satisfied.
    D. The conclusion should be slowly written in order to make a good impression.
A

B

128
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Have vivid and specific words.
    B. Have fresh modifiers which appeal to the senses.
    C. Use linking verbs rather than action verbs.
    D. Use new words, concrete nouns, and juicy verbs.
A

C

129
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Sentences should have a variety of beginnings and endings.
    B. Sentences should average about twelve words throughout the paper.
    C. Read your writing aloud to catch errors and determine the paper’s flow.
    D. A good punctuation mark to use in your paper is the semi-colon (;).
A

B

130
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Our voice is revealed by our word choice.
    B. Voice reveals one’s personality and outlook.
    C. Voice reveals one’s tone.
    D. Voice was compared to the body’s brain.
A

D

131
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. Besides using the spell—checker, it can also be helpful to read your text backwards.
    B. Some good questions to ask as you edit are: “Why is this punctuation here” and “Did you leave something out?”
    C. When conventions are used properly, they are almost unnoticed.
    D. It is usually a waste of time to set aside a writing because this causes a paper to be late.
A

D

132
Q
  1. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
    A. One should be proud to display their writing.
    B. One should try to make a positive impression through the presentation.
    C. Crazy fonts and varied spacing help the reader to view your paper as exciting.
    D. A quality final copy makes the reader think that you probably have quality work!
A

C

133
Q

Did Blomberg give a good case for the Gospels’ truthfulness according to Stroble

A

yes

134
Q

Who was Leo Carter?

A

An eyewitness to murders that testified in court. (He was shot)

135
Q

Onomatopoeia

A

a word that sounds like what it is describing (crack, bang, swoosh)

136
Q

poet laureate

A

a designated writer for a state, region, or country

137
Q

symbol

A

represents something much larger than itself

138
Q

The psalms of the Bible use much ___ or thought rhyme

A

parallelism

139
Q

METAPHOR

A

A word or phrase denoting one kind of object or idea used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (“the ship ploughs the sea.”) A metaphor is generally an implicit comparison (doesn’t use like or as): “Her lips are roses.”

140
Q

SIMILE

A

An explicit comparison (using like or as): “Her lips are like roses.”

141
Q

SYNECDOCHE

A

substituting a part for a whole or a whole for a part. “Fifty sail” for “fifty ships”; “the smiling year” for spring.

142
Q

METONYMY

A

substituting the name of something for whatever it is associated with (“crot” for king).

143
Q

PERIPHRASIS

A

substituting a descriptive phrase, made up of a concrete adjective and abstract noun, for a precise word: “fringed curtains of thine eye” ( eyelashes).

144
Q

PERSONIFICATION

A

attributing animation to something inanimate (“a grieving nation”); treating a thing or abstract quality as though it were a person.

145
Q

OXYMORON

A

deliberate combination of seemingly contradictory words (“helpful bureaucrat”; “bittersweet”).

146
Q

REPETITION, PARALLELISM, CONTRAST, ANTITHESIS

A

devices which have the rational appeal of logic and the aesthetic appeal of symmetry. For example: “Suit the action to the word and the word to the action” uses contrasted repetition of “action” and “word” within parallel grammatical units (noun plus prepositional phrase).

147
Q

ANAPHORA

A

repetition of word or words beginning a series of parallel syntactical units (“this sceptered isle, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England”). See sonnet 91.

148
Q

HENDIADYS

A

two words joined by a conjunction although one modifies the other (“this policy and reverence of age” means “this policy of reverencing age”).

149
Q

TRANSPOSITION

A

rearrangement of normal word order for effect (Noun-Verb-Direct Object may become N-DOV, e.g. “I the apple ate” for “I ate the apple”; “gentle my lord” means “my gentle lord”).

150
Q

APOSTROPHE

A

direct address of an abstraction or of someone absent (“0 time! ; “Death, be not proud!”)

151
Q

ALLUSION

A

reference to or echo of familiar expressions, persons or objects from a cultural tradition (esp. biblical, classical, proverbial); e.g., a “prodigal son” alludes to the biblical parable.

152
Q

CONNOTATION

A

double- and triple-level suggestive power of words; gold can connote wealth, but also beauty and excellence or greed; a dove, peace as well as innocence.

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