Truesdell-Unit A-Nonfiction
  • 1. What does the term "objective" mean?
A) A statement that can be verified with facts or truth
B) A statement that consists of largely fiction
C) A statement that consists largely of propaganda
D) A term that ALL opinion writers stick to
  • 2. What does the term "subjective" mean?
A) A statement that cannot be completely verified by factual data
B) Mathematics
C) Astronomy
D) DNA
  • 3. What does the term "propaganda" mean?
A) information spread to help or harm a certain person or party
B) ALL of the Democrats
C) ALL of the Republicans
D) A disturbing story of ALL untruths
  • 4. What does the term "truth" mean?
A) There is no such thing
B) A term that can be verified with facts or factual data
C) An American history class
D) Pluralism
  • 5. What does the term "argumentative" mean?
A) None of the above
B) DNA and astronomy
C) A debate
D) Two parties who often get along
  • 6. What does the term "expository" mean?
A) A term that explains the meaning or sets forth an idea
B) Means of leading someone to class
C) Means of leading someone to make the right decision
D) A term that exposes a candidate's lies
  • 7. What is a "litmus test/touchstone"?
A) A political term that signals one's effectiveness for political office
B) Often a political term that defines truth
C) That stone that bearded guy Moses threw down from the mountain.
D) This is science Mr. T. Are you nuts?
  • 8. What does the term "bandwagon" mean?
A) A band of people who follow truth
B) A idea of persuasion in which others follow a popular idea
C) A wagon that contains four wheels and was widely used in the old West
D) Another term for sheep
  • 9. What does the "1st Amendment to the Constitution" mean?
A) The right to be free from searches in your house
B) The right to equal protection under the law
C) The right to peaceably assemble and freedom of the press
D) The right to freedom from slavery
  • 10. What does the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution" give citizens?
A) The right to have equal protection of the law
B) The right to be free from slavery
C) The right to own firearms
D) The right to worship
  • 11. What does the word "integrity" mean?
A) A type of integer system
B) The state of being partially correct
C) The state of being honest, fair and sound
D) The state of being a liar
  • 12. What does the term "gullible" mean?
A) Ability to only hear the truth
B) Ability to only hear what you want to hear
C) Ability to believe without concrete evidence
D) A type of tactic politicians use
  • 13. What does the term "rhetoric" mean?
A) Spoken or written conversation or discourse intended to persuade
B) Only spoken terms that convince
C) A type of rhetory sound
D) Only written terms that convince
  • 14. What does the term "Speaker of the House" mean?
A) An important person who speaks the MOST in any house
B) An important man or woman in the House of Representatives that speaks
C) A political term meaning "one who endorses"
D) Third in line to the presidency-en elected position
  • 15. What does the term "evaluate" mean
A) To use good judgement and facts at hand to find meaning
B) A value of a given sum in an equation
C) FWCS's favorite "buzz" word
D) Another name for a test
  • 16. What does the term "horsepower" mean?
A) Peak engine performance at a given RPM
B) An old farm term that evaluates the horses' strength and vitality
C) An ability of a car to slow quickly
D) The car's transmission choice
  • 17. What does the term "torque" mean?
A) The power needed to remove stuck pickle lids
B) Exactly the same as horsepower
C) The rotating force of the earth
D) The ability to feel speed or pressure as you accelerate
  • 18. What does the term "octane" mean?
A) The eight components that go into engine performance
B) Hydrocarbons added to fuel mixture to reduce "knocking"
C) Sole reason you pay more at the pump
D) Lower the octane/higher the performance
  • 19. What is a turbocharger?
A) A device used to compress nitrogen for racing purposes
B) A device used to impress your date
C) A device fitted on to the steering wheel to control torque steer
D) A device used to compress and force air using a turbine to ultimately boost engine performance
  • 20. What is "efficiency?"
A) A way of describing a car "nut"
B) A ratio of laziness to work not done
C) The U.S. Postal Service
D) A ratio of work done to energy saved
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