Indiana Academic Super Bowl
English Round
2017 – Senior Division - Area
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-A-E-1
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Lucie’s final
embrace of her husband immediately
following his second condemnation to death
is made possible through the intervention of
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
John Barsad
Sydney Carton
Ernest Defarge
Doctor Manette
SD-A-E-1
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Lucie’s final
embrace of her husband immediately
following his second condemnation to death
is made possible through the intervention of
_______
A.
John Barsad
SD-A-E-2
When Darnay decides to go to France in
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, he
believes his safety lies in his status as
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a bilingual tutor
a nobleman in France
a common man in England
a married man with a child
SD-A-E-2
When Darnay decides to go to France in
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, he
believes his safety lies in his status as
_______
C.
a common man in England
SD-A-E-3
The speaker of Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution asserts that the
revolutionaries pursued _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
their rebellion in the name of Reason
the toppling of the aristocratic system
the re-distribution of wealth in France
their unique sense of retributive justice
SD-A-E-3
The speaker of Wordsworth’s poem about
the French Revolution asserts that the
revolutionaries pursued _______
A.
their rebellion in the name of Reason
SD-A-E-4
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
wife of the Marquis St. Evrémonde
anticipates _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
her son’s suffering
her brother-in-law’s death
her husband’s imprisonment
her own demise from ill health
SD-A-E-4
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
wife of the Marquis St. Evrémonde
anticipates _______
A. her son’s suffering
SD-A-E-5
The ninth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” ends
with this clause: “And although here and there
some glorious rarity/Arise like Titan from the sea's
immersion,/The major part of such appellants
go/To—God knows where—for no one else can
know. . . . .” In this context what is the MOST
LIKELY meaning of appellants?
A.
B.
C.
D.
people who are heirs to a legacy
people who appeal a previous decision
people who are accused of a criminal act
people who make a charge of wrongdoing
SD-A-E-5
The ninth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” ends
with this clause: “And although here and there
some glorious rarity/Arise like Titan from the sea's
immersion,/The major part of such appellants
go/To—God knows where—for no one else can
know. . . . .” In this context what is the MOST
LIKELY meaning of appellants?
B.
people who appeal a previous decision
SD-A-E-6
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Stryver
withdraws from his planned proposal of
marriage to Lucie Manette by _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
conceding he has superior rivals
accusing Mr. Lorry of interfering
characterizing Lucie as vain and giddy
desiring not to disturb Doctor Manette
SD-A-E-6
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Stryver
withdraws from his planned proposal of
marriage to Lucie Manette by _______
C.
characterizing Lucie as vain and giddy
SD-A-E-7
Consider these lines from Byron’s “Don Juan:
Dedication”: you “deem as a most logical
conclusion,/That Poesy has wreaths for you alone.”
These lines suggest his criticism of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Southey’s appointment as poet laureate
Coleridge’s penchant for supernatural
subjects
Gray’s departure from Augustan modes and
motifs
Wordsworth’s presumption of founding a new
movement
SD-A-E-7
Consider these lines from Byron’s “Don Juan:
Dedication”: you “deem as a most logical
conclusion,/ That Poesy has wreaths for you alone.”
These lines suggest his criticism of _______
A.
Southey’s appointment as poet laureate
SD-A-E-8
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, a
prison spy in Revolutionary Paris is
called a _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
fox
wolf
sheep
chicken
SD-A-E-8
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, a
prison spy in Revolutionary Paris is
called a _______
C. sheep
SD-A-E-9
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem
on the French Revolution:
The playfellows of fancy, who had made/All
powers of swiftness, subtilty, and strength/Their
ministers
In this context, what is the denotation of the word
subtilty?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a fine-drawn distinction
acuteness or penetration of mind
delicacy or nicety of character or meaning
an elaborate confection, ornate in construction
SD-A-E-9
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem
on the French Revolution:
The playfellows of fancy, who had made/All
powers of swiftness, subtilty, and strength/Their
ministers
In this context, what is the denotation of the word
subtilty?
B.
acuteness or penetration of mind
SD-A-E-10
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jerry
Cruncher views the funeral of Roger Cly
as
A.
B.
C.
D.
a lesson for his curious son
an instance of justice in action
an opportunity as a tradesman
a reminder of his own mortality
SD-A-E-10
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jerry
Cruncher views the funeral of Roger Cly
as
C.
an opportunity as a tradesman
SD-A-E-11
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton
reveals that during his days in school, he was
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the student the masters preferred in their
courses
a student who did other students’ work but not
his own
inclined to rely on Stryver to accomplish his
assignments
first aware of his inability to rise to the heights
of a profession
SD-A-E-11
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton
reveals that during his days in school, he was
_______
B.
a student who did other students’ work but not
his own
SD-A-E-12
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem
about the French Revolution:
(As at some moment might not be unfelt
Among the bowers of paradise itself)
These lines include an example of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
litotes
paradox
oxymoron
hyperbole
SD-A-E-12
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem
about the French Revolution:
(As at some moment might not be unfelt
Among the bowers of paradise itself)
These lines include an example of _______
A.
litotes
SD-A-E-13
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the motif
of the golden thread recurs in the hair of
each of the following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lucie Darnay
Lucie Manette
Sydney Carton
Sydney Darnay
SD-A-E-13
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the motif
of the golden thread recurs in the hair of
each of the following EXCEPT _______
C.
Sydney Carton
SD-A-E-14
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay says
to his uncle, the Marquis St. Evrémonde, “I believe that
if you were not in disgrace with the Court, and had not
been overshadowed by that cloud for years past, a
letter de cachet would have sent me to some fortress
indefinitely.” What is a letter de cachet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a prescription for a fatal poison
a writ ordering formal prosecution
an arrest warrant requiring no trial
a seal indicating prestigious disapproval
SD-A-E-14
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay says
to his uncle, the Marquis St. Evrémonde, “I believe that
if you were not in disgrace with the Court, and had not
been overshadowed by that cloud for years past, a
letter de cachet would have sent me to some fortress
indefinitely.” What is a letter de cachet?
C.
an arrest warrant requiring no trial
SD-A-E-15
In Blake’s “The Tyger,” line 7 – “On
what wings does he aspire?” – can most
clearly be interpreted as an allusion to
the myth of ________
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ganymede
Icarus
Orion
Prometheus
SD-A-E-15
In Blake’s “The Tyger,” line 7 – “On
what wings does he aspire?” – can most
clearly be interpreted as an allusion to
the myth of ________
B.
Icarus
SD-A-E-16
In Chapter 1 of A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens
critiques all of the following regarding the situations
in both England and France EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the judicial system, one indiscriminate and the
other harsh
spiritual matters, one trivial and the other
cruel
criminal activity, one religious and the other
civil
political affairs, one oligarchic and the other
tyrannical
SD-A-E-16
In Chapter 1 of A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens
critiques all of the following regarding the situations
in both England and France EXCEPT _______
D.
political affairs, one oligarchic and the other
tyrannical
SD-A-E-17
The seventh stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” includes the following catalogue:
“Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore and
Crabbe.” Which of the following BEST
identifies the elements of this catalogue?
A.
B.
C.
D.
minor Lake Poets
poets Byron admires
young English radicals
thinkers Byron opposes
SD-A-E-17
The seventh stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” includes the following catalogue:
“Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore and
Crabbe.” Which of the following BEST
identifies the elements of this catalogue?
B.
poets Byron admires
SD-A-E-18
The mood of the scene in the small
room where Monsieur Defarge houses
Dr. Manette is predominately developed
by _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
stench
silence
coldness
darkness
SD-A-E-18
The mood of the scene in the small
room where Monsieur Defarge houses
Dr. Manette is predominately developed
by _______
D.
darkness
SD-A-E-19
In the second stanza of Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron attacks Coleridge
with reference to his poetry’s
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
structure
sonority
purpose
diction
SD-A-E-19
In the second stanza of Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron attacks Coleridge
with reference to his poetry’s
_______
C. purpose
SD-A-E-20
The imagery and diction Dickens uses to
develop a picture of Tellson’s Bank in A Tale
of Two Cities most closely associates the
establishment with a _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
fortress
market
prison
temple
SD-A-E-20
The imagery and diction Dickens uses to
develop a picture of Tellson’s Bank in A Tale
of Two Cities most closely associates the
establishment with a _______
C.
prison
SD-A-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the scene at the
grindstone outside Tellson’s Paris location MOST
CLOSELY resembles the scene of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the broken wine cask outside Defarge’s wine
shop
the pressing emigrants inside Tellson’s
London branch
the imprisoned aristocrats responding to
Darnay’s appearance
the peasant villagers near the conflagration of
the Evrémonde castle
SD-A-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the scene at the
grindstone outside Tellson’s Paris location MOST
CLOSELY resembles the scene of _______
A.
the broken wine cask outside Defarge’s wine
shop
SD-A-E-22
Consider these lines from the sixteenth stanza
of “Don Juan: Dedication”: “Thy late reviving
Roman soul desponds/Beneath the lie this
State-thing breath'd o'er thee.” To whom does
the coinage “State-thing” MOST LIKELY refer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Southey
Coleridge
Castlereagh
Wordsworth
SD-A-E-22
Consider these lines from the sixteenth stanza
of “Don Juan: Dedication”: “Thy late reviving
Roman soul desponds/Beneath the lie this
State-thing breath'd o'er thee.” To whom does
the coinage “State-thing” MOST LIKELY refer?
C.
Castlereagh
SD-A-E-23
Consider these words from Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities: “three hundred thousand men, summoned to
rise against the tyrants of the earth, rose from all
the varying soils of France, as if the dragon's teeth
had been sown broadcast . . .” This quotation
includes an allusion to _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
French folklore
Chinese legend
Greek mythology
Hebrew Scripture
SD-A-E-23
Consider these words from Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities: “three hundred thousand men, summoned to
rise against the tyrants of the earth, rose from all
the varying soils of France, as if the dragon's teeth
had been sown broadcast . . .” This quotation
includes an allusion to _______
C.
Greek mythology
SD-A-E-24
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
word best substituted for “flopping”
when Jerry Cruncher uses it is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
falling
praying
drinking
odd-jobbing
SD-A-E-24
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
word best substituted for “flopping”
when Jerry Cruncher uses it is _______
B.
praying
SD-A-E-25
In Blake’s “The Tyger” each of the
following images evokes the creator of
the beast EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
feet
hand
heart
shoulder
SD-A-E-25
In Blake’s “The Tyger” each of the
following images evokes the creator of
the beast EXCEPT _______
C.
heart