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Truesdell-Unit A-Nonfiction
Contributed by: Truesdell
  • 1. What does the term "objective" mean?
A) A term that ALL opinion writers stick to
B) A statement that can be verified with facts or truth
C) A statement that consists largely of propaganda
D) A statement that consists of largely fiction
  • 2. What does the term "subjective" mean?
A) DNA
B) Mathematics
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) ALL of the Republicans
C) A disturbing story of ALL untruths
D) ALL of the Democrats
  • 4. What does the term "truth" mean?
A) Pluralism
B) An American history class
C) There is no such thing
D) A term that can be verified with facts or factual data
  • 5. What does the term "argumentative" mean?
A) None of the above
B) Two parties who often get along
C) DNA and astronomy
D) A debate
  • 6. What does the term "expository" mean?
A) A term that exposes a candidate's lies
B) A term that explains the meaning or sets forth an idea
C) Means of leading someone to class
D) Means of leading someone to make the right decision
  • 7. What is a "litmus test/touchstone"?
A) Often a political term that defines truth
B) This is science Mr. T. Are you nuts?
C) That stone that bearded guy Moses threw down from the mountain.
D) A political term that signals one's effectiveness for political office
  • 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) Another term for sheep
D) A band of people who follow truth
  • 9. What does the "1st Amendment to the Constitution" mean?
A) The right to freedom from slavery
B) The right to be free from searches in your house
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 be free from slavery
D) The right to own firearms
  • 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 a liar
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 only hear what you want to hear
C) Ability to only hear the truth
D) Ability to believe without concrete evidence
  • 13. What does the term "rhetoric" mean?
A) Only written terms that convince
B) A type of rhetory sound
C) Only spoken terms that convince
D) Spoken or written conversation or discourse intended to persuade
  • 14. What does the term "Speaker of the House" mean?
A) A political term meaning "one who endorses"
B) Third in line to the presidency-en elected position
C) An important person who speaks the MOST in any house
D) An important man or woman in the House of Representatives that speaks
  • 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) Another name for a test
D) FWCS's favorite "buzz" word
  • 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) The power needed to remove stuck pickle lids
B) The rotating force of the earth
C) The ability to feel speed or pressure as you accelerate
D) Exactly the same as horsepower
  • 18. What does the term "octane" mean?
A) Hydrocarbons added to fuel mixture to reduce "knocking"
B) Sole reason you pay more at the pump
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 fitted on to the steering wheel to control torque steer
C) A device used to compress and force air using a turbine to ultimately boost engine performance
D) A device used to compress nitrogen for racing purposes
  • 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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