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