1. What social problems does Swift's proposal address?
a. Poverty, Unemployment and Population
2. Who, according to Swift, are the "principle Breeders of the Nations"?
a. Catholics
3. What will be the average price of a child, according to Swift's calculations?
a. Eight shillings
4. At what age does Swift suggest that children should be sold?
a. At one year
5. Why does the author reject the idea of eating teenagers?
a. Because their meat is tough
6. What is the author's religious affiliation?
a. Anglican
7. Which of the following is not one of the alternative "expedients" the author rejects?
a. Joining the United Kingdom
8. Who does Swift suggest would be happy to "eat up our whole Nation," even without
salt?
a. England
9. What evidence does the author offer for the disinterestedness of his proposal?
a. The fact that he is childless
10. Of the children who will be allowed to survive, what will be the ratio of males to
females?
a. 1:4
11. What does the author suggest can be made out of the skin of the butchered infants?
a. Ladies' gloves
12. Who will be the primary consumers of human flesh, according to the proposal?
a. The rich
13. What is a "Papist"?
a. A Catholic
14. Where will the meat of babies not be consumed?
a. In England
15. At what age can a child normally begin a career as a thief?
a. Six
16. In the beginning of "A Modest Proposal,” what are the mothers of Ireland doing
instead of working?
a. begging for their infant children
17. What do the children of the begging mothers do when they grow up?
a. steal, fight for Spain, or sell themselves
18. The writer calls the condition of the poor children in Ireland what?
a. deplorable
19. What should be done for the person who can solve the conditions in Ireland, or
“whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children
sound, useful members of the commonwealth”?
a. a statue should be erected for him
20. According to Swift's narrator, for how long may a child be supported on mother's
milk, and perhaps two shillings?
a. one year
21. What is NOT an advantage to his idea that Swift's narrator cites in “A Modest
Proposal”?
a. it will decrease sibling rivalry
22. According to Swift's narrator, how many people live in Ireland?
a. one million and a half
23. At what age does the narrator in “A Modest Proposal” think children learn the ability
to steal?
a. age six
24. The merchants assure the narrator of “A Modest Proposal” that
a. a child of twelve is not a saleable commodity
25. The acquaintance of the narrator, who assures him that a child is a “delicious food,”
is from where?
a. America
26. How many females should be kept alive for “breeding” purposes, in relation to one
male?
a. four females to one male
27. How many dishes will a child make for “entertainment for friends”?
a. two dishes
28. How much does Swift's narrator guess a child weighs after it is born?
a. twelve pounds
29. For whom will the food of infants be “proper,” as they have “already devoured most
of the parents”?
a. the landlords
30. For how long does Swift's narrator predict infant flesh will be in season?
a. throughout the year
31. In what month will the infants be most plentiful?
a. March
32. Why will the infants be most plentiful at that time?
a. it is nine months after the end of Lent
33. About how much does Swift's narrator guess a gentleman will pay for the carcass of
an infant?
a. ten shillings
34. The carcass of an infant may serve what purposes?
a. ladies’ gloves and gentlemen’s boots
35. Who suggests to Swift's narrator that the people of Ireland also consume children of
fourteen?
a. a very worthy person
36. Why does Swift's narrator reject the idea of eating Irish children of fourteen?
a. the flesh of boys of fourteen is too lean from constant exercise
37. The acquaintance of the narrator has learned about cannibalism of older children
from another acquaintance from where?
a. Formosa
38. What is the first reason Swift's narrator provides in favor of his proposal?
a. it will decrease the number of papists
39. What is the second reason Swift's narrator provides in favor of his proposal?
a. it will give the poor something valuable of their own
40. What is the third reason Swift's narrator provides in favor of his proposal?
a. it will increase the overall wealth of the nation
1984
1. How old is Julia?
a. 26
2. Winston commits thoughtcrime by writing which of the following in his diary?
a. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
3. What piece of evidence of the Party’s dishonesty does Winston remember having
coming across several years earlier?
a. A photograph proving that certain individuals were out of the country when
they were allegedly committing a crime
4. What organization urges children to turn their parents over to the authorities?
a. The Junior Spies
5. The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas
at the same time is called what?
a. Doublethink
6. Who really wrote the manifesto that O’Brien gives to Winston?
a. O’Brien
7. What does O’Brien use to torture Winston in Room 101?
a. A cage full of rats
8. Where do Winston and Julia make love for the first time?
a. The forest
9. What is the last line of the St. Clement’s Church song?
a. Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
10. What does Winston trace in the dust on the table at the end of the novel?
a. 2 + 2 = 5
11. How many times does Julia claim to have had sex with Party members?
a. Scores
12. Which of the following characters is secretly a member of the Thought Police?
a. Mr. Charrington
13. What happens to the glass paperweight?
a. It is shattered on the floor.
14. Where is the telescreen hidden in the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop?
a. Behind the picture of St. Clement’s
15. What is the name for the mass rally held every day?
a. The Two Minutes Hate
16. Besides Oceania, what are the two countries that make up the rest of the Earth?
a. Eurasia and Eastasia
17. 17. What project is Syme working on at the beginning of the novel?
a. A Newspeak dictionary
18. Who turns Parsons in to the Thought Police?
a. His children
19. What does O’Brien say when Winston asks if he has been captured?
a. “They got me a long time ago.”
20. To what organization does Julia belong?
a. The Junior Anti-Sex League
21. Winston has a memory of running away from his mother and sister and stealing
what from them?
a. Chocolate
22. The setting for Winston’s fantasy about Julia running toward him naked is
a. The Golden Country
23. In what nation did Orwell work for the British Imperial Police?
a. Burma
24. In what nation was Orwell born?
a. India
25. What was George Orwell’s real name?
a. Eric Blair
26. Winston is afraid of
a. rats
27. Julia is a member of the
a. Junior Anti-Sex League
28. "Facecrime" is
a. wearing an improper expression on your face
29. Winston's hostile and glaring colleague in the Records Department is named
a. Tillotson
30. 5. The sash around Julia's waist is
a. scarlet
31. Complete the slogan: "Who controls the past, controls the future; . . ."
a. "...who controls the present, controls the past."
32. Comrade Ogilvy is
a. a fictitious person created by Winston for a rewritten Times article
33. Both Syme and Parsons ask Winston if he has any spare
a. razor blades
34. Winston predicts that all of the following will be vaporized except:
a. Parsons
35. All of the following are (presumably) vaporized except:
a. O'Brien
36. At the climax of the Two Minutes Hate, Goldstein's face turns into the face of
a. a sheep
37. Winston reflects that the only thing "cheap and plentiful" is
a. synthetic gin
38. Complete the slogan: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is
a. Strength
39. According to Syme, what is "orthodoxy"?
a. unconsciousness
40. According to Winston, where does hope lie?
a. with the proles
41. The current name of Britain is
a. Airstrip One
42. What is the nickname the proles have for rocket bombs?
a. steamers
43. In his diary, Winston defines freedom as
a. the freedom to say that two plus two make four
44. Winston identifies the voice that says "We shall meet in the place where there is no
darkness" as belonging to whom?
a. O'Brien
45. What did Winston steal from his younger sister?
a. chocolate
46. Mr. Charrington offers to sell Winston a print of:
a. St. Clement's Dane
47. Inside the glass paperweight is a
a. piece of pink coral
48. Why do tears spring to Rutherford's eyes in the Chestnut Street Cafe?
a. A song, "Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me," is
played over the telescreen
49. The caption on the Big Brother posters says:
a. Big Brother is watching you
50. After a dream of seeing the girl in the Golden Country, Winston awakens with a
word on his lips. What is the word?
a. "Shakespeare"
Fallen Angels
1. Which of the following leads Richie to enlist in the army?
a. He is unsure what to make of his future and too poor to afford to go to college
2. Why does Earlene end her relationship with Peewee?
a. She is marrying someone else
3. What are the circumstances of Jenkins’s death?
a. He dies senselessly after he accidentally steps on a land mine
4. How does Lobel cope with his fear?
a. He thinks of the war as a movie in which he plays the part of the soldier who
never dies
5. How does Peewee cope with his fear?
a. Through bravado and humor
6. Besides combat, what problems do Richie and his fellow soldiers face?
a. Life-threatening diseases
b. The petty careerism of their commanding officers
c. Racist commanding officers
7. Why does Richie not tell his mother or brother the truth about his war experiences?
a. He wants to shield them from fear and anxiety
b. He does not want to lower their opinion of him
c. He does not know what to think about the war himself
8. Which of the following best describes Richie’s letter to Lieutenant Carroll’s wife
about Carroll’s death?
a. The letter is polite but impersonal
9. What did Richie dream of doing before he enlisted in the army?
a. Going to college and becoming a writer
10. Why does Lobel blame himself for Carroll’s death?
a. He thinks that he was so paralyzed by fear that he was unable to fire his gun
during the mission
11. What happens when Lieutenant Gearhart goes on his first patrol mission?
a. Gearhart accidentally sets off a flare and reveals his soldiers’ position to the
enemy
12. What is most important to Captain Stewart?
a. Earning a promotion
13. What is most important to Sergeant Simpson?
a. Surviving until the end of his tour of duty
14. Why does Lobel enlist in the army?
a. He wants to convince his father that he is not a homosexual
15. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Richie and his
mother prior to the war?
a. They are not very close, and they have frequent disagreements with each
other
16. How does the war change the relationship between Richie and his mother?
a. It makes it better because it makes them realize how much they need each
other
17. How does Richie injure his knee?
a. Playing basketball in basic training
18. How does Lobel’s father feel about the war?
a. He is against the war
19. How many Purple Hearts does Richie earn in the war?
a. Two
20. How do Johnson and Walowick cope with having to kill people in the war?
a. They understand that they have to kill or be killed
21. Which of the following men do Peewee and Richie save from certain death?
a. Monaco
22. Which of the following men is devoutly religious?
a. Brew
23. How does Richie feel about being ordered to return to his unit after he recuperates
from his first wound?
a. We do not know because Richie’s father abandoned the family years ago
24. Why does Richie finally leave Vietnam at the end of Fallen Angels?
a. His medical profile is finally processed
Divergent
1. The novel takes place in a futuristic version of what US city?
a. Chicago
2. Which faction did Tris grow up in?
a. Abnegation
3. Which three factions did Tris show aptitude for during her aptitude test?
a. Abnegation, Dauntless, Erudite
4. Which faction did Tris choose on Choosing Day?
a. Dauntless
5. Which faction did Caleb choose on Choosing Day?
a. Erudite
6. Which faction is responsible for the security of the city?
a. Dauntless
7. Which faction is responsible for farming and counseling?
a. Amity
8. From which faction are government officials mainly chosen?
a. Abnegation
9. What is the name of the controlling leader of Erudite?
a. Jeanine Matthews
10. Which faction does Candor have a rivalry with?
a. Amity
11. What is the Dauntless initiates' first task after choosing their faction?
a. Jump onto a moving train
12. Who was the first to jump off the building into the Dauntless compound?
a. Tris
13. Which three Dauntless initiates were inseparable and, more importantly, cruel to
Tris and her friends?
a. Peter, Molly, Drew
14. Which faction was Christina originally from?
a. Candor
15. What faction did Will transfer from?
a. Erudite
16. Who is the initiation leader for the transfer initiates?
a. Four
17. What tattoo is Al getting when Tris decides to get hers?
a. A spider
18. What is Tris's first tattoo?
a. Three ravens from her collarbone to her heart, to represent her family.
19. Stage one of dauntless initiation consists of...
a. Learning to fight each other.
20. From which building do the Dauntless initiates zipline?
a. Hancock Building
21. Why was Four given his nickname?
a. He only has four fears.
22. Who does Christina end up in a relationship with?
a. Will
23. Who comes to visit Tris on Visiting Day?
a. Her mother.
24. Which was not a task in Tris's aptitude test?
a. She is trapped inside a tank full of water and must find a way to escape.
25. What is the name of Will's sister?
a. Cara
This Land is Your Land
1) Who wrote this land is your land?
a. Woodie Guthrie
2) What disease did Woodie Guthrie develop later in his life?
a. Huntington’s
3) What year were the lyrics to This land is your land written?
a. 1940
4) What year was This land is your land recorded?
a. 1944
5) This land is your land was added to what prestigious list of sound recordings that
"are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life
in the United States?
a. The National Recording Registry
6) What was was the original title of This Land is Your Land?
a. God Blessed America
7) What was the subject matter of the two verses that were struck from the original
version>
a. Private Property and Hunger
i. Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing —
God blessed America for me.
1) One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people —
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]
8) What slogan was frequently displayed on the guitar that Guthrie would play during
concerts?
a. This Machine Kills Fascists
9) How did Guthrie feel about copyright violators?
a. “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a
period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will
be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write
it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”
10)What famous antiwar song did Woodie Gurthrie’s son write about a woman and a
restaurant?
a. Alice’s Restaurant
11)As Woodie was walking that ribbon of highway, what did he see?
a. The endless skyway and the golden valley
12)This land is your land stretching from where in the US to Where?
a. California to the New York island
b. From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
13)What was in the original lyrics instead of New York Island?
a. Staten Island
14)Where did Guthrie roam and ramble and follow his my footsteps to?
a. the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
15)in the song This land is your land, as the fog was lifting , what was a voice chanting?
a. This land was made for you and me
16)What was the original ending of the song verses>
a. God blessed America for me
17)In the song This Land, why were people standing by the relief office?
a. They were hungry
18)In the fourth verse, what does the back of the painted sign “Private Property” say?
a. Nothing
19)under Seal of Copyright # 154085, name two things that Guthrie suggests that
people do with hjs song?
a. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it.
20)How many original verses are there in the song this land is your land?
a. 6
Final Lecture
1. Whom did Randy interview when he first
found out about his cancer?
a. Experts
2. What was the title of the last section?
a. Final Remarks
3. What was Randy doing when his sister
did something to his lunchbox?
a. Mouthing off to her
4. How did Randy look when he was seen
driving?
a. happy
5. What kind of relationship did Randy have
with his wife at the beginning?
a. Long distance
6. What kind of feedback did Randy use
often in his classes?
a. Peer feedback
7. What was the most popular prop at
Randy's lecture?
a. The stuffed animals
8. What did Randy have to leave for his
work when he was on his honeymoon?
a. phone number
9. Who pointed out Randy's rudeness to
him?
a. A professor
10. How did Randy's landlord get hurt?
a. He fell down the stairs
11. When did Tommy fulfill his dream?
a. 1999
12. Where did Randy meet his wife?
a. An university.
13. Whose passion did Randy want his
children to follow?
a. Their own
14. Randy had no patience for
a. Incompetence
15. Why did Randy return some letters when
he was in college?
a. They were addressed to his full
name.
16. Why did Randy leave separate messages
a. for his children?
To make them feel special.
To show his love.
To leave a piece of him with them.
17. Randy was grateful to Alice for
a. Enriching his students even after
he was gone.
18. With what did Randy supplement his
lecture?
a. Anecdotes.
Pictures.
Music.
19. What did Randy say was one of his prime
lessons in life concerning time?
a. He had to take breaks.
20. How did Randy describe being hip?
a. It was short term
21. When did Randy learn of Tommy's movie
goals?
a. 1993
22. Whom did Randy learn to fully appreciate
after college?
a. His mom
23. What kind of car did Randy drive?
a. Convertible.
24. What is the purpose of the “Last Lecture” tradition for college professors?
a. To offer reflections on their personal and professional journeys.
25. Even though she had always been his “cheerleader”, why did Professor Pausch’s
wife not want him to deliver a last lecture at the university?
a. He was dying of pancreatic cancer, and she wanted him to spend his time
with his family, not writing a speech.
26. Why did Jai finally give in and agree that Randy could give the Last Lecture at
Carnegie Mellon?
a. Randy decided to make the speech a legacy to his children.
27. The professor decided that he did not want the lecture to center on his pancreatic
cancer, but to center on what two things instead?
a. Living and what made him unique.
28. What did Randy Pausch decide made him unique?
a. That he had fulfilled his childhood dreams and goals.
29. When you think of a speech, words come to mind. What is unusual about the
“speech” that Randy Pausch prepared?
a. He had hundreds of pictures.
30. What is “The Elephant in the Room” that Randy Pausch introduces at the beginning
of his speech?
a. The fact that he had cancer and only months to live.
31. How does Randy demonstrate to his audience that right now he is still in relatively
good health?
a. He does push-ups.
32. Why did the Pausch family move from Pittsburgh to Virginia?
a. So that Jai and the children could be near her family after Randy died.
33. How did showing the CT scans and demonstrating his good health get Randy
Pausch’s speech off to a good start?
a. It helped release the anxiety the audience was feeling about his cancer.
34. Pausch’s parents did not lavish him with gifts, trips, or niceties of any kind, yet he
claims to have won the parent lottery. Why?
a. His family was inquisitive and always seeking knowledge and answers.
35. Randy Pausch’s father used to say, “Just because you are in the driver’s seat, doesn’t
mean you have to run people over.” Explain what he meant by that.
a. Even in a position of strength you have to be fair.
36. Randy’s mother’s appraisal of him as a child is that he was “alert”. Randy felt that
because she did not lavish him with praise, what did she do for him?
a. Kept him from being “cocky” or self-absorbed.
37. When he was in high school, what unusual thing did Randy’s parents allow him to do
to express himself?
a. Paint things that were meaningful to him on the walls of his room.
38. Name three meaningful things that a young Randy painted on his walls.
a. Quadratic equation, Pandora’s box, elevator, chess pieces, submarine, rocket,
Snow White’s mirror, etc.
39. How did Pausch make it possible for himself to experience zero gravity with his
Carnegie Mellon students when they won the plane ride at Johnson Space Center
after winning the project?
a. He resigned as their faculty advisor and signed on as their hometown
journalist promising to publicize.
40. What gift is it that Randy Pausch believed Coach Graham bestowed on his players?
a. The learning of fundamentals.
41. Pausch learned that if you are doing something poorly and no one is bothering to
tell you about it, that it means what?
a. They have given up on you.
42. What is a head fake---the IMPORTANT head fake?
a. It is when you are well into the process of learning something before you
even realize it.
43. Describe how Randy Pausch achieved his goal related to the World Book
Encyclopedia. Be specific.
a. He was asked to write the section on Virtual Reality.
44. What did he find disappointing about this achievement?
a. No one ever checked or questioned what he wrote.
45. Even though he was not the smartest on board the Starship Enterprise, what was it
about Captain Kirk that Pausch admired?
a. His leadership abilities.
46. Pausch learns about the willingness to take a chance in the face of the unknown
when one of his deans permits him to take a sabbatical to work where doing what?
a. At DisneyLand working as an Imagineer.
47. After the Whipple operation, how does Randy discover that his cancer is
significantly worse and that he is going to die?
a. He looks at his medical tests on the computer while waiting for the doctor.
48. Randy is thankful for his “Dutch Uncle” Andy van Dam. According to Randy, what is
it that a Dutch Uncle does to help one succeed?
a. Care enough to tell one tough-love things one needs to hear.
49. Randy has asked what of his niece and nephew after he dies?
a. That they spend time with his children and tell them that he tried really hard
to stay alive.
50. What does Randy consider to be the biggest brick wall he ever encountered, and
who helped him overcome it?
a. Winning over his wife Jai--his parents helped.
51. What is the first serious problem that Jai and Randy tackle together to find that they
work well as a team?
a. The premature birth of their son, Dylan.
52. How does Randy’s father teach him a lesson of humility after his death?
a. He discovers a certificate stating that his father had won a bronze star when
he was 22 for caring for wounded soldiers during combat at great risk to
himself.
53. Give three examples of how Randy Pausch manages his time.
a. Stands while on the phone, makes “to do” lists, uses a speaker phone while
on hold, files in alphabetical order, has something to do in view while on the
phone, delegates responsibilities, etc.
54. Who does Randy give credit to for making him a “recovering jerk” so that he could
help his students become “recovering jerks”?
a. Andy van Dam
55. What is the “head fake” about Alice, the animation creation software that Pausch
helped create?
a. Students are actually learning computer programming.
56. How did Pausch almost miss man’s first walk on the moon? What saved the day so
that he was able to see it?
a. The camp directors made the campers go to bed because it was getting too
late. His father took a picture of the T.V. screen.
57. Why does Pausch prefer “earnest” over “hip”?
a. “Earnest” is long-term and comes from the core and “hip” is short-term and
just trying to impress.
58. What battle did Pausch and his mother engage in for years before he finally raised
the white flag?
a. She insisted on calling him Randolph.
59. Why does Randy admire Jackie Robinson? Be specific.
a. He knew he had to play better than white players, but did not complain, and
he endured great racism.
60. Give three examples of Randy’s tips to working successfully in a group.
a. Meet people properly, find things you have in common, try for optimal
meeting conditions, let everyone talk, check egos at the door, praise each
other, phrase alternatives as questions.
61. What is the important advice that Pausch wants to give his daughter Chloe?
a. Ignore everything men say and only pay attention to what they do.
62. Explain the meaning of the First Penguin award.
a. The first penguin to jump in might get eaten by predators, but someone has
to go first (take a chance and possible fail).
63. What does Randy mean by the Friday Night Solution?
a. It is a euphemism for hard work.
64. Explain why part three of a proper apology can be risky.
a. Some people may take advantage of offers about how to make things better.
65. What does Randy Pausch reveal about his academic career for the first time during
his Last Lecture?
a. That he was rejected when he applied to Carnegie Mellon.
66. Which Winnie the Pooh character did Pausch decided to emulate and why?
a. Tigger, because he is fun-loving and optimistic.
67. What advice did news anchor Diane Sawyer give to Pausch that he was so grateful to
receive?
a. To be sure to leave each of his children very specific memories of ways he
related to each of them.
68. In his research what does Randy Pausch discover is the most important thing that
helps children who lost parents at an early age?
a. How much the parent loved them.
69. Tell three things that Randy Pausch did to ensure that that his children will know
how much he loved them.
a. Lists of memories of each child, videos of him talking about each of them,
writing letters to each of them, leaving them a copy of the video of his Last
Lecture and the book The Last Lecture, and mail that he received.
70. What was the surprise that Randy arranged for Jai during his last lecture at Carnegie
Mellon?
a. He had a huge birthday cake and the audience sing Happy Birthday to her.
71. What was Jai’s response as she hugged Randy in thanks?
a. “Please don’t die.”
72. Randy was worried that he would not be able to speak the last lines of his lecture, so
what did do in case?
a. He placed them on slides to be viewed.
73. At the end he reveals the “second head fake” of his lecture. What is it?
a. That the lecture was not just for those in the room, but for his kids.
Omnivore’s Dilemma
1. What is the omnivore’s dilemma?
a. we can eat anything, but how do
we know what to eat?
2. A person who goes behind the scenes in
the food industry
a. Food Detective
3. The food chain where most of our food
comes from
a. Industrial Food Chain
4. Agribusiness
a. A giant agricultural business
5. What term is used for corn that is
disguised in most of the food we eat
a. Hidden Corn
6. What is a hybrid plant or animal?
a. a plant or animal whose parents
have different traits
7. GMO
a. Genetically modified organism
8. How can farmers maintain diversity
a. By growing many different crops
9. What is monoculture farming?
a. Not having many different crops
10. What happens in an ecological Loop
a. Plants help the animals and the
animals help them back
11. Government checks
a. Subsidy
12. A place where farmers bring their corn
after harvest
a. Grain elevator
13. A type of corn
a. Number 2 field corn
14. Weed killer
a. Herbicide
15. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
a. CAFO
16. A mill in which the corn is ground down
and made into a liquid
a. Wetmill
17. High Fructose Corn Syrup
a. HFCS
18. Adding things to corn to make it sweeter
and better tasting
a. "Adding Value"
19. A farmer who grows many different
crops and only ships the food a short
distance
a. Local Sustainable Farmer
20. What Joel Salatin calls himself and a
farmer that depends mostly on grass
a. Grass Farmer
21. What Joel calls his farm
a. Beyond Organic
22. What is voting with your fork?
a. How you choose to spend your
food dollars
23. What is an organic vegetable?
a. It is a vegetable that is produced naturally without the use of chemicals
24. Define Sustainable
a. A system that can be maintained without depleting natural resources
25. What does CAFO stand for?
a. Concentrated animal feeding operation used to confine and feed animals
instead of grazing in pastures
26. HFCS is an acronym for what?
a. High fructose corn syrup is a sweetener made by processing corn syrup
27. What is a Hybrid?
a. The offspring of two plants or animals that differ genetically as species, race,
or breed
28. What is a Pesticide?
a. A chemical used to kill pests like bugs and or weeds
29. Why do farmers use fertilizer?
a. It is added to soil to enhance plant production and or growth
30. How does pollution impact our environment?
a. Contaminating the environment around you with inorganic objects
31. What is an omnivore?
a. A person or animal that feeds on both plants and animals
32. What is a Feedlot?
a. A plot of land where animals are fed and fattened before being sent to
slaughter
33. What is processed food?
a. Food that is changed from its natural raw state
34. What is the location where animals are killed en masse for consumption
a. Slaughterhouse
The Fault in Our Stars
1. What's the nickname of the support group where Hazel and Gus meet?
a. The Literal Heart of Jesus
2. Where does the title, The Fault in Our Stars come from?
a. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in
ourselves, that we are underlings." (I,ii,139-140).
3. Hazel's 'Genies' wish is to:
a. Go to Disney World
4. In An Imperial Affliction, which disease does protagonist Anna want to cure?
a. Cholera
5. Finish this quote: 'You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly
__________ you are."
a. Unprecedented
6. Hazel and Gus share their first kiss:
a. In Anne Frank's house
7. What phrase is Gus and Hazel's 'Always?'
a. Okay.
8. The title of the book within the book, An Imperial Affliction, is a line from a poem by
which author?
a. Emily Dickinson
9. The title of The Fault in Our Stars is based off of which Shakespearean play?
a. Julius Caesar
10. This should be an easy one (for true TFiOS fans): What is Hazel's middle name?
a. Grace
11. Finish this quote: 'Sometimes people don't __________ the promises they're making
when they make them."
a. Understand
12. What do Gus and Isaac do to get back at Isaac's ex-GF for breaking up with him after
he went blind?
a. Egg her car
13. Gus says Hazel looks like which actress?
a. Natalie Portman
14. Where does Peter Van Houten live?
a. Amsterdam
15. At the beginning of the book, Hazel wants to ditch support group to watch which
reality TV show?
a. America's Next Top Model
16. When Hazel goes to meet Peter Van Houten, she wears a shirt that features which
famous piece of art?
a. The Treachery of Images (This Is Not a Pipe) by René Magritte
17. What is Hazel's full name?
a. Hazel Grace Lancaster
18. Who is the author of the fictional novel, "An Imperial Affliction"?
a. Peter Van Houten
19. Who helps to fund the trip to Amsterdam?
a. "The Genies"
20. Who are the Genies in the book, the Fault in our Stars?
a. "The Genies" is a fictional organisation based on the "Make a Wish
Foundation".
21. What is Augustus's metaphorical habit?
a. Cigarettes
22. What drug does Hazel take that has allowed her to live as long as she has?
a. Phalanxifor
23. Where do Hazel and Augustus meet?
a. Support group
24. Who does Hazel first remind August of?
a. His former girlfriend
25. Which sport did Augustus play before he became ill?
a. Basketball
26. Augustus and Hazel share their first kiss in
a. Anne Frank's House
27. What addiction does Peter Van Houten suffer from?
a. Alcoholism
28. Where do the young cancer survivors meet weekly?
a. The group met in the basement of the local Episcopal Church every
Wednesday evening.
29. What cancer was Hazel diagnosed with?
a. Stage 4 Thyroid cancer with metastasis forming in her lungs when she was
13
Scorch Trials
1. What does WICKED stand for?
a. World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department
2. How did Alby die
a. He ran off a clif
3. What did Thomas remember when he was in the Glade?
a. His first name
4. Who says this quote? "Whoa that's one sharp knife, makes me like you even more."
a. Minho
5. How can Aris and Teresa communicate
a. Aris could speak to Teresa in his mind.
6. Who is suppose to be the real leader in Scorch Trials?
a. Thomas
7. When the boys search for Teresa at the outset of their second trial, who do they find
in her room?
a. Aris
8. What does Minho’s tattoo read?
a. The Leader
9. Jorge agrees to protect the Gladers and help them cross the city, but only if he can
bring who else along
a. Brenda
10. According to Brenda, the scorched city is situated in what used to be which former
location?
a. Mexico
11. Ironically this place soley consists of a banner on a stick
a. Safe haven
12. Who does Harriet Lead?
a. The girls of Maze B
13. In the final Battle, what crawls out of the griever pods?
a. fleshy creatures with bulbs attached to their bodies
14. What are the people infected by the flare called?
a. Cranks
15. What is Teresa's last name?
a. Agnes
16. What did the gladers find hanging from the ceiling?
a. Dead bodies
17. What nickname did the gladers give the man who told them about Phase 2 of the
trials?
a. Rat man
18. How long do they have to cross the Scorch?
a. Two weeks
19. What word did the old man shout over and over?
a. Storm