Indiana Academic Super Bowl
English Round
2017 – Senior Division - Invitational 2
A Program of the Indiana Association of School Principals
Students:
Throughout this competition, foreign
names and words may be used.
If there are any discrepancies
between how a word/phrase should
be pronounced and what you see
on the screen, the screen
supersedes what is spoken.
SD-I2-E-1
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when
Sydney Carton urges Doctor Manette to
make one last plea for mercy on Darnay’s
behalf, he is primarily motivated by _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
love for Lucie
respect for Darnay
affection for little Lucie
confidence in Doctor Manette
SD-I2-E-1
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when
Sydney Carton urges Doctor Manette to
make one last plea for mercy on Darnay’s
behalf, he is primarily motivated by _______
A.
love for Lucie
SD-I2-E-2
In A Tale of Two Cities, when the Marquis St. Evrémonde
leaves the Monseigneur’s mansion and shakes “the snuff
from his fingers as if he had shaken the dust from his feet,”
Dickens is employing an allusion to the New Testament
that carries the meaning of _______
preparing himself to leave the Monseigneur’s
presence
rejecting the Monseigneur with contemptuous
finality
returning a gift offered by the Monseigneur’s servant
following the protocol of the day concerning tobacco
A.
B.
C.
D.
SD-I2-E-2
In A Tale of Two Cities, when the Marquis St. Evrémonde
leaves the Monseigneur’s mansion and shakes “the snuff
from his fingers as if he had shaken the dust from his feet,”
Dickens is employing an allusion to the New Testament
that carries the meaning of ________
B.
rejecting the Monseigneur with contemptuous
finality
SD-I2-E-3
The rhyme scheme of “Don Juan:
Dedication” is called _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
ballade
villanelle
terza rima
ottava rima
SD-I2-E-3
The rhyme scheme of “Don Juan:
Dedication” is called ________
D. ottava rima
SD-I2-E-4
The extended description of the people
responding to the broken wine cask at the
beginning of Chapter 5 of Book I is most
clearly meant _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
to foreshadow the coming Revolution
to present a concrete picture of Paris
to counter the discourse on Hunger
to introduce Ernest Defarge
SD-I2-E-4
The extended description of the people
responding to the broken wine cask at the
beginning of Chapter 5 of Book I is most
clearly meant _______
A.
to foreshadow the coming Revolution
SD-I2-E-5
With a few exceptions, the lines of
Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution are cast in _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
free verse
blank verse
alternate rhyme
Alexandrine verse
SD-I2-E-5
With a few exceptions, the lines of
Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution are cast in _____
B. blank verse
SD-I2-E-6
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when Jerry
Cruncher declares “‘them poor things well out
o’ this, never no more will I do it, never no
more!’” he is referring to _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
serving Mr. Lorry
coming to France
digging up graves
lying to Mrs. Cruncher
SD-I2-E-6
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when Jerry
Cruncher declares “‘them poor things well
out o’ this, never no more will I do it, never
no more!’” he is referring to _____
C.
digging up graves
SD-I2-E-7
The seventh stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” includes this line: “Your bays
may hide the baldness of your brows” In this
context, what are bays?
A.
B.
C.
D.
reddish brown hides
expressions of anger
a garland of laurel leaves
the fringes of a hunting cap
SD-I2-E-7
The seventh stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” includes this line: “Your bays
may hide the baldness of your brows” In this
context, what are bays?
C.
a garland of laurel leaves
SD-I2-E-8
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the most
important detail of Sydney Carton’s
impression on the revolutionaries in the Good
Republican Brutus of Antiquity relative to his
plan is ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
his toast to the Republic
his poorly spoken French
his reading the Jacobin newspaper
his request for directions to the National
Palace
SD-I2-E-8
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the most
important detail of Sydney Carton’s
impression on the revolutionaries in the Good
Republican Brutus of Antiquity relative to his
plan is _______
B.
his poorly spoken French
SD-I2-E-9
Careful analysis of Blake’s “The
Tyger” reveals allusions to each of
the following EXCEPT ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
Paradise Lost
Blake’s own poetry
the Book of Job
the myth of Prometheus
SD-I2-E-9
Careful analysis of Blake’s “The
Tyger” reveals allusions to each of
the following EXCEPT ________
C. the Book of Job
SD-I2-E-10
Key images in Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities are the representations of Fate
and Death, the former presented as
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a Drover
a Farmer
a Woodman
a Ploughman
SD-I2-E-10
Key images in Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities are the representations of Fate
and Death, the former presented as
________
C.
a Woodman
SD-I2-E-11
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Doctor
Manette’s nine-day relapse into a
separation from reality is MOST LIKELY
precipitated by _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
his son-in-law’s confession
his daughter’s going away
his daughter’s marriage
his own preoccupation
SD-I2-E-11
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Doctor
Manette’s nine-day relapse into a separation
from reality is MOST LIKELY precipitated by
_______
A.
his son-in-law’s confession
SD-I2-E-12
The twelfth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” attacks Viscount
Castlereagh from its opening lines: “Cold-blooded, smoothfac'd, placid miscreant!/Dabbling its sleek young hands in
Erin's gore . . . .” What had Castlereagh done that so vexed
Byron?
A.
B.
C.
He lobbied for Irish union with Great Britain.
He usurped the power of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
He promoted the transition of Ireland to a French
alliance.
He played a key role in crushing the Irish Rebellion of
1798.
D.
SD-I2-E-12
The twelfth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” attacks
Viscount Castlereagh from its opening lines: “Cold-blooded,
smooth-fac'd, placid miscreant!/Dabbling its sleek young
hands in Erin's gore . . . .” What had Castlereagh done that
so vexed Byron?
C.
He promoted the transition of Ireland to a French
alliance.
SD-I2-E-13
In regard to his own potential
marriage to Lucie Manette, Mr.
Stryver views himself as ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
having no rival
a humble suitor
a passionate lover
Lucie’s good fortune
SD-I2-E-13
In regard to his own potential
marriage to Lucie Manette, Mr.
Stryver views himself as _______
D. Lucie’s good fortune
SD-I2-E-14
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, each of
the following characters contribute to the
exposure of Solomon Pross and his
partner EXCEPT ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mr. Lorry
Miss Pross
Jerry Cruncher
Sydney Carton
SD-I2-E-14
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, each of
the following characters contribute to the
exposure of Solomon Pross and his
partner EXCEPT ________
A.
Mr. Lorry
SD-I2-E-15
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem on the
French Revolution:
Oh! times,/In which the meagre, stale, forbidding
ways/Of custom, law, and statute, took at once/The
attraction of a country in romance!
In this context, what is the BEST meaning of “romance?
A.
B.
C.
D.
remoteness
excitement
mystery
love
SD-I2-E-15
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem on the
French Revolution:
Oh! times,/In which the meagre, stale, forbidding
ways/Of custom, law, and statute, took at once/The
attraction of a country in romance!
In this context, what is the BEST meaning of “romance?
B.
excitement
SD-I2-E-16
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
name of the man who kills the Marquis
St. Evrémonde while the aristocrat
sleeps is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gaspard
Jacques
Foulon
Ernest
SD-I2-E-16
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
name of the man who kills the Marquis
St. Evrémonde while the aristocrat
sleeps is _______
A.
Gaspard
SD-I2-E-17
Byron’s reference to the Lakers in the
first stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication”
may include each of the following
EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
Thomas De Quincey
Thomas Grey
SD-I2-E-17
Byron’s reference to the Lakers in the
first stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication”
may include each of the following
EXCEPT _______
D.
Thomas Grey
SD-I2-E-18
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, while the
revolutionaries in France storm the Bastille, the
Revolution is foreshadowed in London by each
of the following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
ominous rumbling and echoing footsteps
the death of the Darnays’ son at a young
age
the gloomy and threatening sky in the
evening
Lorry’s curiosity about the Tellson’s French
clients
SD-I2-E-18
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, while the
revolutionaries in France storm the Bastille, the
Revolution is foreshadowed in London by each
of the following EXCEPT _______
B.
the death of the Darnays’ son at a young
age
SD-I2-E-19
The tonal difference between the initial
question and the final question in
Blake’s “The Tyger” is BEST
characterized as moving from _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
awe to abnegation
fear to remonstrance
curiosity to incredulity
appreciation to suspicion
SD-I2-E-19
The tonal difference between the initial
question and the final question in
Blake’s “The Tyger” is BEST
characterized as moving from _______
C.
curiosity to incredulity
SD-I2-E-20
In the fifth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” Byron
criticizes the Lake Poets for their _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
secretiveness, regarding their refusal to
publish freely
long-windedness, regarding the prolixity of
their verse
arrogance, regarding themselves as the
greatest poets
traditionalism, regarding both form and
subject of their verse
SD-I2-E-20
In the fifth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” Byron
criticizes the Lake Poets for their _______
C.
arrogance, regarding themselves as the
greatest poets
SD-I2-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
motif of doubles recurs in each of the
following instances EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Darnay and Carton
the Evrémonde twins
Mr. Lorry and Mr. Stryver
Lucie Manette and her daughter
SD-I2-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
motif of doubles recurs in each of the
following instances EXCEPT _______
C.
Mr. Lorry and Mr. Stryver
SD-I2-E-22
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
eruption of the Revolution on the day of
the taking of the Bastille is repeatedly
expressed in the image of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a swarm
an ocean
a hurricane
an avalanche
SD-I2-E-22
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
eruption of the Revolution on the day of
the taking of the Bastille is repeatedly
expressed in the image of
B.
an ocean
SD-I2-E-23
In Blake’s “The Tyger” which of the
following images connects to both the
tiger and its creator?
A.
B.
C.
D.
eyes
brains
hearts
sinews
SD-I2-E-23
In Blake’s “The Tyger” which of the
following images connects to both the
tiger and its creator?
A.
eyes
SD-I2-E-24
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the theme
of the sacrifice made by good to overcome
evil is illustrated not only by Sydney Carton
but also by the personal loss experienced by
________
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mr. Lorry
Mr. Styver
Miss Pross
Mdm. Defarge
SD-I2-E-24
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the theme
of the sacrifice made by good to overcome
evil is illustrated not only by Sydney Carton
but also by the personal loss experienced by
_______
C.
Miss Pross
SD-I2-E-25
The close association of the English
courts with death is supported in
Charles Darnay’s trial in one of them by
the recurring image of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
silence
blue-flies
a torn gown
scented herbs
SD-I2-E-25
The close association of the English
courts with death is supported in
Charles Darnay’s trial in one of them by
the recurring image of _______
B.
blue-flies
End of English Round
The Next Round will be Interdisciplinary
2017 Academic Area Super Bowl Competition
Tuesday, April 18, 2017