Round 1 – Use for Varsity
High School – 2014-15 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions
1.
A man with a height of 6 feet is standing next to a pole with a height of 20 feet. If the shadow cast
by the man has a length of 9 feet, calculate the length in feet of the shadow cast by the pole at the
same time.
30 (FEET)
2.
An electrolytic one of these objects has a potential described by the Nernst equation. An early
example of one of these devices stored static charge and was known as a Leyden jar. Name these
electronic devices, one type of which is a voltaic cell, in which some reaction produces an electric
charge.
BATTERY (Accept: GALVANIC CELL)
3.
In this author's "Babylon Revisited," an alcoholic attempts to regain custody of his child. "The
Diamond as Big as the Ritz" condemns the wealthy, while "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" follows a
teenager exploring popular trends. Which author published his stories in the collections Flappers and
Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age?
(F. SCOTT) FITZGERALD
4.
In this state, German is the second most widely spoken language, after English. It was admitted as
the 39th state on the same day as one of its neighboring states. The capital city of what state was
named in honor of the German chancellor at the time of its admission to the Union?
(BISMARCK) NORTH DAKOTA
5.
Jazz clarinetist Woody Herman commissioned this composer's Ebony Concerto. A double fugue on a
text beginning "I waited patiently for the Lord" forms the second movement of this composer's
Symphony of Psalms. Another of his works ends by portraying a girl dancing herself to death. Name
this Russian composer who used that "Sacrificial Dance" to conclude his ballet The Rite of Spring.
(IGOR) STRAVINSKY
6.
An early model that preceded this one theorized a short, repetitive single chain as the layout of a
substance derived from "nuclein". An x-ray crystallography photo taken by Rosalind Franklin was the
basis for this model's discovery. Give the name of this geometric construct, consisting of 2 strands
curling around each other and linked by thin bridges, that models the shape of DNA.
DOUBLE HELIX
7.
As a U.S. Senator, he proposed a "Share the Wealth" program that would make "every man a king."
As Governor of Louisiana, he improved social services and public works, but eventually abolished
local government. Who was this politician nicknamed "Kingfish," who was assassinated at the height
of his power in 1935?
(HUEY PIERCE) LONG
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8.
Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest thousandth. A basketball player is successful with
90% of his free throw attempts. Calculate the probability that his first miss in a game occurs on the
third attempt.
0.081
9.
In one story, this god's hair serves as a pathway that allows the Ganges River to reach the Earth. A
three-eyed god who rides the bull Nandi, he was the father of Skandi by his consort, Parvati [PAHRvuh-tee]. Name this Hindu god sometimes called "the destroyer."
SHIVA (Accept: SIVA or SIWA)
10.
This story, set in a Dutch settlement along the Hudson River, follows two men who are vying for the
same young woman's love. Brom Bones wins Katrina Van Tassel by dressing as the title figure and
scaring Ichabod Crane from town. Give the title of this Washington Irving short story.
(THE) LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
11.
An extended solo for this instrument leads into the closing passacaglia [pas-uh-KAHL-yuh] in a
Benjamin Britten "symphony" named for it. Along with the piano and the violin, this instrument is
featured in Beethoven's Triple Concerto. This instrument is traditionally the lowest voice in a string
quartet. Played by Yo-yo Ma, what is this tenor-voiced string instrument, pitched between the viola
and the bass?
CELLO (Accept: VIOLONCELLO)
12.
Epidemiologists [ep-uh-DEE-mee-AH-luh-jists] may classify the current ebola outbreak as one of
these events. Another happened after WWI, when the Spanish flu appeared. In what kind of event
does an illness attack a large number of people across multiple continents?
PANDEMIC (Accept: EPIDEMIC)
13.
Express your answer as a fraction. John has a drawer with four red socks and three black socks. If
John selects two socks from the drawer without looking and without replacement, find the
probability that he selects two socks of the same color.
3/7
14.
He earned the nickname "Old Osawatomie" [oh-suh-WAH-toe-mee] by hacking up five slavery
sympathizers in a nighttime Kansas raid. In 1859, he attempted to establish a colony for escaped
slaves, hoping to establish an "army of emancipation" that would overthrow white slaveholders.
Which abolitionist was convicted of treason and hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry?
(JOHN) BROWN
15.
This writer wrote the plays The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party. He is better known for his
poetry, including Four Quartets and Ash Wednesday. Identify this man, who earned the Nobel Prize
in part for The Waste Land and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
(THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT
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16.
A version of this dance is named for Boston, while another that features repeated breaks is the
"hesitation" type. An up-tempo version, in which pairs of dancers rotate around one another as they
circle the dance floor, is named for an Austrian city. Name this dance with a "Viennese" type that is
danced in three-four time.
WALTZ
17.
Born in Honduras, this man immigrated to the United States in the 1960s and became a lawful
permanent resident. While working as a truck driver, he was arrested in Kentucky for transporting
marijuana, to which he pleaded guilty, and for which his immigration status was revoked. What
defendant successfully argued in the Supreme Court that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated
because his attorney did not inform him of the possibility of deportation?
(JOSÉ) PADILLA [pah-DEE-yah]
18.
Find the coefficient of the fifth power of B in the expanded form of the expression, quantity, B
minus 1, close quantity, raised to the seventh power.
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19.
The model for this particle was developed independently by George Zweig [ZVEEG] and Murray GellMann in 1964. Groups of these particles are used to make larger particles, including protons and
neutrons. Name these particles that come in 3 colors and 6 flavors.
QUARK(S)
20.
When his mother Naomi died in 1956, this poet wrote "Kaddish" [KAH-dish] to honor her memory.
He proclaims, "What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman," in "A Supermarket in
California." Identify the Beat poet who describes seeing the best minds of his generation destroyed
in his poem "Howl."
(ALLEN) GINSBERG
21.
A system that converges to zero without oscillating is described as "critically" undergoing this
process. In harmonic systems, the product of the maximum amplitude and the spring constant gives
a value for the coefficient of this process, above which the system exponentially decays. Name this
process in which oscillating motion slowly trails off by dissipating the energy of the system.
DAMPING
22.
After staging a 1969 coup against King Idris [EYE-dris], this man headed the Revolutionary
Command Council. He outlined his own strict Islamist and nationalist policies in The Green Book.
Identify this former Libyan leader, who was killed by rebel forces in October 2011.
(MUAMMAR) QADDAFI [moo-AH-mahr kah-DAAH-fee]
23.
Find the product of the complex number, negative 5 minus 6i, and its complex conjugate.
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24.
In Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, this playwright features a critic of the Soviet government who
must share a cell with a schizophrenic whose hallucinations involve an orchestra. Another play
begins with one of the title characters' correctly guessing 92 consecutive flips of a coin. Name the
Czech-born British playwright who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
(SIR TOM) STOPPARD (Accept: (TOMAS) STRAUSSLER)
25.
This writer set up an expedition along the Orinoco [awr-uh-NO-ko] River, which he chronicled in The
Discovery of Guiana [gee-AH-nuh]. He wrote of "The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage," and spoofed a
Christopher Marlowe poem in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." Identify this Elizabethan
courtier known for establishing the failed colony at Roanoke.
(SIR WALTER) RALEIGH
26.
Early responses to this disease were the subject of the 2012 documentary How to Survive a Plague,
while another response was central to the documentary Common Threads. Attorney Joe Miller
represents a victim of this disease named Andrew Beckett in one movie, while in a 2013 film, Ron
Woodruff heads up a group based on acquiring medication for it. Name this disease central to the
films Philadelphia and Dallas Buyers Club.
AIDS (Accept: ACQUIRED IMMUNCE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME)
27.
Find the real solutions of the equation, X raised to the sixth power minus 26X cubed minus 27
equals 0.
(X EQUALS) NEGATIVE 1; (X EQUALS) 3
28.
For a capacitor, this value is equal to the capacitance multiplied by the voltage multiplied by the
time derivative of the voltage. In optics, this quantity is measured in diopters and has units of
inverse length. Name this quantity that is measured mechanically in units of Watts and is the rate at
which work is done.
POWER
29.
In 1645, he became director general of all the Netherlands' possessions in the Caribbean and North
America. He established the first municipal government for New Amsterdam, and his farm's name
lives on in an area called the Bowery. Name this wooden-legged despot, who reluctantly
surrendered New Netherland to the British.
(PETER) STUYVESANT [STY-vess-unt]
30.
This dramatist profiles an Italian longshoreman's passion for his niece in A View from the Bridge,
and an airplane manufacturer's downfall in After the Fall. His most famous play tells the story of Biff,
Happy, Linda, and Willy Loman. Which dramatist earned a Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman?
(ARTHUR) MILLER
31.
Early in his career, this nineteenth-century statesman was an ambassador to Russia and to
Napoleon the Third's France. In 1862, he was elected foreign minister and prime minister, positions
he held for twenty-eight years. In 1871, what Prussian national hero became the modern German
Empire's first chancellor?
(PRINCE OTTO VON) BISMARCK
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32.
Examples of these structures small enough to be carried are called mikoshi [mee-KOH-shee]. Fallen
soldiers are commemorated in the Yasukuni [yahs-KOO-nee] one of these structures, which are
often entered through gates known as torii [tor-EE]. One of these structures, which are ritualistically
reconstructed every 20 years, is dedicated to Amater Name these architectural structures, which
serve as places of worship in Shinto.
(SHTNTO) SHRINE(S) or SHRINE(S) (OF JAPAN) (Accept JINJA)
33.
If the lower quartile of a data set is 5 and if the interquartile range of the data set is 26, find the
value of the upper quartile of the data set.
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34.
This event resulted in the creation of the Red Forest within a Zone of Alienation. It also resulted in
the evacuation of Pripyat, the city in which it actually occurred. Identify this 1986 event that
occurred in Ukraine, the destruction of a namesake nuclear power plant.
CHERNOBYL (NUCLEAR DISASTER) (Accept equivalents)
35.
This prophet interpreted the writing on the wall that King Belshazzar [bel-SHAZ-er] witnessed at a
temple banquet. His namesake book tells how Shadrach [SHAD-rak], Meshach [MEE-shak], and
Abednego [uh-BED-ni-go] survive the fiery furnace. Which Hebrew prophet survived a night in the
lions' den?
DANIEL
36.
As of September 1, 2014, this person was the only member of President Obama's cabinet not in the
line of presidential succession. This British-born businesswoman is the former CEO of REI, a Seattlebased retailer. Who succeeded Ken Salazar as secretary of the interior in April 2013?
(SARAH MARGARET ROFFEY "SALLY") JEWELL
37.
Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz [LOH-rents] first described this way of learning. It occurs during
the critical sensitive period, and is one of the few learning techniques that researchers agree cannot
be forgotten. What type of learning does a baby goose exhibit when it follows its mother mere
hours after hatching?
IMPRINT(ING)
38.
Edgar Degas executed many of his works in the "French" type of this artistic medium on sheets of
paper he had dipped in turpentine. Fixatives are rarely used on works in this medium, because of
their tendency to cause colors to dull. Methyl cellulose is a common modern binder used in this
medium, which can be blended via rubbing with the fingers. Name this artistic medium, which
comes in short, often-waxy sticks.
PASTEL(S) (Accept: CRAYON(S) or FRENCH PASTELS)
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39.
In parallelogram ABCD, angles B and D are represented by the expressions, quantity, 6X minus 1,
close quantity, and, quantity, 4X plus 5, close quantity. Find the value of X.
(X EQUALS) 3
40.
This prefix can be followed by cycle, monthly, or sect. Identify the Latin prefix meaning "two."
BI- (Accept stated or spelled)
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Round 1 - Second Half
High School – 2014-15 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions
1.
An internal coup in this country led to prime minister Maurice Bishop's murder and Hudson Austin's
assumption of power. Foreign intervention deposed Austin and instituted a government appointed
by Governor-General Paul Scoon. Which Caribbean island nation did the U.S. invade for two months
in 1983?
GRENADA
2.
In one play by this dramatist, Lady Cicely and Sir Howard are guided through Morocco by Captain
Brassbound. He wrote about a Salvation Army officer who is ashamed of her father's business, while
another play begins with a professor's bumping into a flower girl. Name the dramatist who wrote
Pygmalion and Major Barbara.
(GEORGE BERNARD) SHAW
3.
In triangle ABC, the measure of angle ABC is 50 degrees. In addition, the measure of an exterior
angle at angle ACB is 120 degrees. In degrees, find the measure of angle BAC.
70 (DEGREES)
4.
The sex determination pathway of this organism contains a doublesex gene, which is subject to
alternative splicing. Males have easily identifiable sex combs and a black patch on the abdomen.
Name this model organism and member of order Diptera whose eye color is easily identifiable as
either red or white.
DROSOPHILA (MELANOGASTER)
5.
This narrative's title character fathers children with the Third Princess, Aoi [AH-oh-ee], and The
Akashi Lady. It depicts courtly life in the Heian [HEY-AHN] Period around the year 1000. Give the
title of this work, thought to be the world's first novel, written by Murasaki Shikibu [MOO-rah-SAHkee SHEE-kee-boo].
(THE) TALE OF GENJI
6.
In 1991, this measure of productivity became the standard for finding the rate of growth of the U.S.
economy. It includes all goods and services produced within a country, but does not account for
foreign investment income or products produced by U.S. citizens working abroad. What is the term
for the total value of all goods and services produced within a nation during a year?
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (Accept: GDP)
7.
In his work about Descartes [day-KART], this philosopher criticized Descartes's dualistic views and
belief in free will In his magnum opus, he argued that everything in the universe is composed of and
is an altered manifestation of God. Name the seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher who wrote the
work titled Ethics.
(BARUCH) SPINOZA [spih-NOH-zuh] (Accept: (BENEDICT(US) DE) SPINOZA or (BENTO DE)
ESPINOZA)
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8.
Let the function, F of X equal 2E raised to the, quantity, 2X, close quantity, power. Calculate the
value of the definite integral from X equals zero to X equals natural log of 2, of F of X, DX.
3
9.
One type of this process in gases is inversely proportional to molar mass according to Graham's
Law. One specific example is modeled by Fick's Law, involving movement from hypotonic to
hypertonic solutions, in a process known as osmosis. Identify this process by which particles move
from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration.
DIFFUSION
10.
This type of short, nonfiction prose can be persuasive, argumentative, analytical, descriptive, or
expository. Its most famous proponents include Charles Lamb and Michel de Montaigne [mee-SHEL
day mahn-TAYN-yuh]. Name this kind of writing, which you'll create for your college applications.
ESSAY
11.
Construction of this man-made waterway was begun in 1887 in the province of Schleswig-Holstein
[SHLES-wig-HOLE-stine]. Completed in 1895, it eliminated the need for German ships to sail around
the Jutland [JUT-lund] Peninsula. What waterway allowed German warships to go between the
North and Baltic Seas during the world wars?
KIEL [KEEL] (CANAL) (Accept: KAISER-WILHELM-KANAL)
12.
In one of El Greco's depictions of this scene, a red and blue clad woman reaches around to touch
the slanted halo of the figure in front of her, who is flanked by Mary Magdalene and Joseph of
Arimathea. That rendition may have been influenced by a sculpture of this scene showing two
figures in pyramidal arrangement, by Michelangelo. Name this scene from art in which the Virgin
Mary cradles the dead Christ, from the Italian word for "pity."
PIETÀ [pee-ay-TAH]
13.
Let Y equal X squared minus 2X minus 7. When X equals 3, find the instantaneous rate of change of
Y with respect to X.
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14.
These substances can be used to mark shifts in electric potential during redox reactions. One the
most used examples of these is a substance that comes from lichen [LIE-ken] and turns from red to
blue. Name these substances used to determine the end point of titrations [tie-TRAY-shuns] by color
change, examples of which are litmus and phenolphthalein [fee-nuhl-THAY-leen].
(P-H) INDICATORS
15.
This work asserts, "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but
a necessary evil." Published on January 10, 1776, its call for self-government paved the way for the
Declaration of Independence. Give the title of this political pamphlet by Thomas Paine.
COMMON SENSE
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16.
He spent his last three years directing La Scala's ballet school in Milan. The five basic foot positions
and the seven basic body movements are emphasized in a system he developed during his 12 years
teaching Russia's Imperial ballet. What Italian ballet teacher is the namesake of a "method" of ballet
training?
ENRICO CECCHETTI [chuh-KETT-ee]
17.
James Bryce pushed for the formation of this organization after investigating atrocities committed
during World War One. It was established by a covenant approved at the Paris Peace Conference in
1919. What organization's founding led to awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Woodrow
Wilson?
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
18.
Multiple answers are required. Consider the ellipse with equation, 2X squared plus 3Y squared
equals 6. Find the exact values of the X-coordinates of the endpoints of the major axis of the ellipse.
SQUARE ROOT OF 3; NEGATIVE SQUARE ROOT OF 3 (Either order.) (Accept: RADICAL 3;
NEGATIVE RADICAL 3 (Either order.))
19.
One measure for this quantity averages the first ionization energy and electron affinity of an atom.
The difference in this value for two atoms determines how polar a bond exists between those
atoms. Name this quantity, the degree to which an atom attracts electrons, which is commonly
based on a scale of one to four named for Linus Pauling.
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
20.
This poem repeats the lines, "Cannon to right of them, / Cannon to left of them, / Cannon behind
them / Volley'd and thunder'd." Set during the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava [bal-uh-KLAH-vuh],
it follows six hundred men who rode "into the Valley of Death." In which Alfred Lord Tennyson
poem do the heroes charge "half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward"?
(THE) CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
21.
In this novel's subplot, teenager Mayella Ewell accuses an African-American man, Tom Robinson, of
rape. Set in Maycomb, it also profiles Calpurnia, Dill, and Boo Radley. Name this beloved story of
Jem, Scout, and Atticus Finch, which was Harper Lee's only novel.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
22.
Name and number required. This monarch learned political administration from Cardinal Mazarin
[mah-zah-RAHN], and married Marie-Therese to forge an alliance with Austria. During his long rule,
he revoked the Edict of Nantes [NAHNT], and declared, "L'etat, c'est moi" [ley-TAH say MWAH].
Identify the French "sun king" who ruled from his palace at Versailles [ver-SIGH].
LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH
23.
One musical by this composer sees Rusty discover that he is the title mystical train, the Starlight
Express. The song "The Beauty Underneath" appears in his Love Never Dies, a sequel to the musical
in which Raul and Christine defy the title character, who sings about the "Music of the Night."
Identify the composer of The Phantom of the Opera.
(ANDREW) LLOYD WEBBER (Not just WEBBER)
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24.
Ray PQ is tangent to circle C, and the point of tangency is point Q. In degrees, what is the measure
of angle CQP?
90 (DEGREES)
25.
The number of these particles in an unbonded atom are usually the same for all the elements in a
periodic table group. The octet rule states that atoms are most stable when they reach eight of
these particles. Name these subatomic particles that are found on the outermost shell of an atom
and participate in bond formation, carbon has four and oxygen has six.
VALENCE ELECTRONS
26.
Also known as George Gist, this man served the U.S. Army in the 1813 to 1814 Creek War. By 1821,
he had created eighty-six written symbols that represented all the Cherokee language's syllables.
Who was this Native American pioneer, who lends his name to a breed of giant redwood?
SEQUOYAH [seh-kwoh-YAH]
27.
He's not Jorn Utzon [yorn OOT-sun], but this architect used two curved, shell-like structures to
support an overhanging arch in his design for an opera house on the island of Tenerife [ten-uhREEF]. Thick wires suspend and move a sun shade in his design for a pavilion at the Milwaukee Art
Museum, while his incomplete projects include an abandoned design for a 2,000-foot-tall apartment
building in the American Midwest. Name this Spanish architect, who proposed the Chicago Spire.
(SANTIAGO) CALATRAVA (VALLS)
28.
Light emitted by these objects is redshifted to about z equals zero point two due to their strong
gravitational fields. These objects form because they are not massive enough to pass the TolmanOppenheimer-Volkoff limit. Name these objects that are formed when a star goes supernova, but
does not turn into a black hole.
NEUTRON STARS
29.
Solve the equation, square root of, quantity, 2X minus 3, close quantity, equals 1.
(X EQUALS) 2
30.
This character lost hearing in one ear after her husband Jankyn struck her. She tells of a knight who
is saved from beheading by discovering that women want to be in charge. Name this character, who
has been married five times, and is one of two female narrators in The Canterbury Tales.
(THE) WIFE OF BATH
31.
According to the originator of the theory, this agency is the last of the three parts of the human
personality to develop. It consists of a set of values established early in life, and operates counter to
the primitive impulses of the id. According to Freudian [FROY-dee-un] psychology, what part of the
psyche incorporates parental or community values and acts as an inner check on behavior?
SUPEREGO
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32.
An example of this type of reaction is carried out by reacting a ketone with an amine in the WolffKishner reaction. These reactions, which are exemplified by the addition of hydrogen, occur at the
cathode in galvanic cells. Name this class of reaction in which an atom gains electrons, coupled with
oxidation reactions.
REDUCTION (REACTION)
33.
Identify the following sentence's grammatical mood: Stop playing with the cat's tail.
IMPERATIVE (MOOD)
34.
In one bronze sculture by this artist, small inlaid rows represent the hair of the title figure, whose
smooth forehead slopes down to closed eyes. This sculptor of that bronze head of a Sleeping Muse
created three works -- including his Column of the Infinite -- as a memorial to those in his native
country who died during World War One. His best-known series of works is an abstract depiction of
the Name this Romanian sculptor of the Bird in Space series.
(CONSTANTIN) BRANCUSI
35.
Suppose that X equals 3 plus 2i is a zero of a polynomial function F with real coefficients. Find
another zero of the function F.
(X EQUALS) 3 MINUS 2i
36.
Composer Gunther Schuller arranged many works in this style for a namesake "New England"
ensemble for it that he founded. This style of music, played by Coalhouse in a namesake musical
that includes the song "Wheels of a Dream," features a syncopated melody that contrasts with a
non-swung bassline. The best-known composer of this style of music wrote works such as "The
Enter Name this style of music, associated with Scott Joplin.
RAG(TIME)
37.
Early concepts in this physical discipline include Mersenne's laws of vibrating strings and a second
Ohm's law describing harmonic tones. This branch of mechanics includes the subfields of speech
synthesis and ultrasound. Identify this scientific field that focuses on the properties of mechanical
waves, and thus sound.
ACOUSTICS (Accept: SONICS)
38.
Several Native Americans used this lodging, but Plains Indians were the only group to adopt it yearround. It features a door flap and an adjustable flap at the top that allows smoke to escape, and
consists of sewn hides draped over a framework of wooden poles. Identify this conical tent
structure.
TEPEE
39.
The dimensions of matrices A and B are 2-by-3, and 3-by-2, respectively. Find the dimensions of the
product matrix BA.
THREE-BY-THREE
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40.
This novel's characters range in intellect from Alpha to Epsilon, and its Deltas are programmed to
dislike flowers and books. Taking its title from Shakespeare's The Tempest, it follows Bernard Marx,
Lenina Crowne, and John the Savage as they cope with a dystopian world order. What is this Aldous
Huxley novel?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
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Extra Questions
LA-1
Aristotle said this dramatic process was supposed to invoke pity and fear. Vicarious experience is
used as a safe medium for the experience of potentially ruinous emotions in the process. By what
dramatic process does a tragedy purge an audience?
CATHARSIS
SS-2
Its founder created this media organization with the goal of streamlining the whistleblowing process.
After it released half a million documents related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bradley
Manning was convicted of collaborating with it. Name this website founded and operated by Julian
Assange [uh-SAHNJ].
WIKILEAKS
SC-3
Photosynthesis is an example of this type of process, since it takes in heat from the sun to produce
oxygen. This type of reaction has an overall positive change in enthalpy from reactants to products.
Identify this type of process that absorbs heat from its surroundings, as opposed to exothermic.
ENDOTHERMIC
H-4
This collection of over two hundred fifty myths spans the world's creation to Julius Caesar's death.
Written in hexameter, it includes tales of Baucis [BAW-sis] and Philemon [fi-LEE-muhn], Pyramis
[PEER-uh-miss] and Thisbe [THIZ-bee], and Apollo and Daphne. Identify this "book of
transformations" written by the Roman poet Ovid.
METAMORPHOSES (Not: (THE) METAMORPHOSIS)
M-5
Two sides of a triangle have lengths of 2 units and 6 units, and the measure of the included angle is
60 degrees. In square units, calculate the area of the triangle.
3 (TIMES THE) SQUARE ROOT OF 3 (SQUARE UNITS) (Accept: 3 (TIMES) RADICAL 3 (SQUARE
UNITS))
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