Sample Quiz No. 7

Name______________

Class_______________

 

News questions (each worth 5 pts)

1. The Senate handed President Bush a big victory over what important piece of legislation last week?

 

 

2. What new plan for parking is the city of New York testing out this summer?

 

 

3. How is NYC planning to change Broadway this summer?

 

 

4. What form of college learning is booming, driven higher by soaring gas prices?

 

 

5. What two agencies is the Bush administration proposing to rescue with billions of dollars of aid?

 

 

6. What two countries blocked an push for United Nations sanctions against Zimbabwe?

 

 

7. Why are many New Yorkers angry at powerful U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel?

 

 

8. Recent immigrants represent what percentage of NYC voters in this coming election?

 

 

9. What percentage of black voters told a recent NY Times poll they had a favorable opinion ofObamam?

 

 

10. What country do U.S. intelligence services fear is increasingly try to steal American military and trade secrets?

 

 

Bonus question (worth 20 pts):

What percentage of college students live off campus?

 

 

Style questions (each worth 5 pts)

1. The funds were divided between Moe, Curley and Shemp.

2. He lived at 82 Nantucket Boulevard.

3.  John compared his beret to Che Guevara’s.

4. So many people today are disinterested in jazz.

5. How do you like my every day jacket?

6. The Former President of Slobobia died Saturday.

7. The Southern novelist Walker Percy knew how to write good.

Vocabulary (each worth 10 pts; all words are verbs)

1. Wheedle

 

2. Cajole

 

3. Scotches

 

4. Upend

 

5. Extol