Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Subject: CULTURAL LITERACY
(e.g., Provide the next line. "Yankee Doodle went to town." Answer: Riding on a pony.)
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. "Big brother is watching you" is from what novel?
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2. Provide the poem's next five words: "East is East, and West is West, and ..."
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3. Who was the author of "The Diary of a Young Girl"?
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GRADUATE LEVEL
4. Who did Mark Antony describe as "the noblest Roman of them all"?
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5. What is the word for the practice of charging more than the legal interest rate?
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6. What is myopia?
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PH.D. LEVEL
7. Who was alluded to in the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"?
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8. In what bay is the island of Capri?
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9. What and where is Parnassus?
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ANSWERS: 1. "Nineteen Eighty-Four." 2. Never the twain shall meet. 3. Anne Frank. 4. Brutus. 5. Usury. 6. Nearsightedness. 7. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. 8. Bay of Naples. 9. A mountain in Greece.
SCORING:
18 points -- congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points -- honors graduate; 10 to 14 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points -- you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?
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