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Truesdell-Unit A-Nonfiction
Contributed by: Truesdell
  • 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) Mathematics
B) DNA
C) Astronomy
D) A statement that cannot be completely verified by factual data
  • 3. What does the term "propaganda" mean?
A) information spread to help or harm a certain person or party
B) A disturbing story of ALL untruths
C) ALL of the Republicans
D) ALL of the Democrats
  • 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) Two parties who often get along
B) None of the above
C) DNA and astronomy
D) A debate
  • 6. What does the term "expository" mean?
A) Means of leading someone to class
B) A term that exposes a candidate's lies
C) Means of leading someone to make the right decision
D) A term that explains the meaning or sets forth an idea
  • 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 idea of persuasion in which others follow a popular idea
B) A wagon that contains four wheels and was widely used in the old West
C) A band of people who follow truth
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 freedom from slavery
C) The right to equal protection under the law
D) The right to peaceably assemble and freedom of the press
  • 10. What does the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution" give citizens?
A) The right to be free from slavery
B) The right to worship
C) The right to have equal protection of the law
D) The right to own firearms
  • 11. What does the word "integrity" mean?
A) The state of being a liar
B) A type of integer system
C) The state of being partially correct
D) The state of being honest, fair and sound
  • 12. What does the term "gullible" mean?
A) A type of tactic politicians use
B) Ability to believe without concrete evidence
C) Ability to only hear the truth
D) Ability to only hear what you want to hear
  • 13. What does the term "rhetoric" mean?
A) Spoken or written conversation or discourse intended to persuade
B) Only written terms that convince
C) Only spoken terms that convince
D) A type of rhetory sound
  • 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) A value of a given sum in an equation
B) FWCS's favorite "buzz" word
C) To use good judgement and facts at hand to find meaning
D) Another name for a test
  • 16. What does the term "horsepower" mean?
A) An ability of a car to slow quickly
B) An old farm term that evaluates the horses' strength and vitality
C) Peak engine performance at a given RPM
D) The car's transmission choice
  • 17. What does the term "torque" mean?
A) Exactly the same as horsepower
B) The rotating force of the earth
C) The ability to feel speed or pressure as you accelerate
D) The power needed to remove stuck pickle lids
  • 18. What does the term "octane" mean?
A) Hydrocarbons added to fuel mixture to reduce "knocking"
B) The eight components that go into engine performance
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 compress and force air using a turbine to ultimately boost engine performance
C) A device fitted on to the steering wheel to control torque steer
D) A device used to impress your date
  • 20. What is "efficiency?"
A) A ratio of work done to energy saved
B) The U.S. Postal Service
C) A way of describing a car "nut"
D) A ratio of laziness to work not done
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