Indiana Academic Super Bowl
English Round
2017 – Senior Division - Invitational 1
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-I1-E-1
As a contribution to theme in Dickens’ A
Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay’s
renunciation of France and of his family
functions as an instance of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a cause of oppression
a defiant resurrection
an individual revolution
an effectual imprisonment
SD-I1-E-1
As a contribution to theme in Dickens’ A
Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay’s
renunciation of France and of his family
functions as an instance of _______
C.
an individual revolution
SD-I1-E-2
The twelfth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” attacks
Viscount Castlereagh from its opening lines: “Coldblooded, smooth-fac'd, placid miscreant!/Dabbling
its sleek young hands in Erin's gore . . . .” To whom
or what does Erin refer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the country of Ireland
the hometown of Southey
the district Castlereagh represented
the site of post-Napoleonic conferences
SD-I1-E-2
The twelfth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” attacks
Viscount Castlereagh from its opening lines: “Coldblooded, smooth-fac'd, placid miscreant!/Dabbling
its sleek young hands in Erin's gore . . . .” To whom
or what does Erin refer?
A.
the country of Ireland
SD-I1-E-3
Consider this sentence from Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities: “‘It’s hard in the law to spile a man, I think. It’s
hard enough to kill him, but it’s wery hard to spile him,
sir.’”
What is the MOST LIKELY meaning of hard in this
context?
A.
B.
C.
D.
not easily yielding to pressure
free from sentimentality or illusion
lacking consideration or compassion
relating to a relatively high penetrating power
SD-I1-E-3
Consider this sentence from Dickens’s A Tale of Two
Cities: “‘It’s hard in the law to spile a man, I think. It’s
hard enough to kill him, but it’s wery hard to spile him,
sir.’”
What is the MOST LIKELY meaning of hard in this
context?
C.
lacking consideration or compassion
SD-I1-E-4
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, young Jerry
Cruncher’s following his father to the
cemetery and the answer to his query about
such work is a mocking reference to which
major theme of the book?
A.
B.
C.
D.
oppression
sacrifice
resurrection
revolution
SD-I1-E-4
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, young Jerry
Cruncher’s following his father to the
cemetery and the answer to his query about
such work is a mocking reference to which
major theme of the book?
C.
resurrection
SD-I1-E-5
Charles Dickens’ characters are often
noteworthy for their evocative names. In A
Tale of Two Cities, which character’s name is
most evocative of his personality?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mr. Lorry
Mr. Carton
Mr. Darnay
Mr. Stryver
SD-I1-E-5
Charles Dickens’ characters are often
noteworthy for their evocative names. In A
Tale of Two Cities, which character’s name is
most evocative of his personality?
D.
Mr. Stryver
SD-I1-E-6
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem
on the French Revolution:
For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood
Upon our side, we who were strong in love!
What is the denotation of the word auxiliars?
A.
B.
C.
D.
boats
powers
supporters
accompanists
SD-I1-E-6
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s poem
on the French Revolution:
For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood
Upon our side, we who were strong in love!
What is the denotation of the word auxiliars?
C.
supporters
SD-I1-E-7
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jarvis Lorry’s first
conversation with Lucie Manette reveals each of the
following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mr. Lorry’s essential task is to identify Lucie’s
father
he had accompanied her mother from France
to England
Lucie’s father had been held as a prisoner for
eighteen years
Lucie’s mother had kept Lucie’s father’s fate
from her daughter
SD-I1-E-7
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jarvis Lorry’s first
conversation with Lucie Manette reveals each of the
following EXCEPT _______
B.
he had accompanied her mother from France
to England
SD-I1-E-8
The rhyme scheme of “Don Juan:
Dedication” is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
abababcc
ababcdcd
free verse
blank verse
SD-I1-E-8
The rhyme scheme of “Don Juan:
Dedication” is _______
A. abababcc
SD-I1-E-9
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Mr.
Stryver’s attitude toward marriage in the
case of Sydney Carton is BEST
characterized as _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
purely romantic
ironically selfless
rather mercenary
jealously opportunistic
SD-I1-E-9
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Mr.
Stryver’s attitude toward marriage in the
case of Sydney Carton is BEST
characterized as _______
C.
rather mercenary
SD-I1-E-10
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Charles Darnay perceives his
imprisonment as a kind of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
burial
justice
escape
seeding
SD-I1-E-10
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Charles Darnay perceives his
imprisonment as a kind of _______
A. burial
SD-I1-E-11
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution:
“[They] Were called upon to exercise their skill,/Not
in Utopia, subterranean fields,/Or some secreted
island, Heaven knows where!”
These lines include an allusion to _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a Renaissance work of philosophical fiction
an early work of fantasy about the hollow Earth
a book of the ancient Greek Septuagint Scriptures
an ancient epic of sailors exploring the
Mediterranean isles
SD-I1-E-11
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution:
“[They] Were called upon to exercise their skill,/Not
in Utopia, subterranean fields,/Or some secreted
island, Heaven knows where!”
These lines include an allusion to _______
A.
a Renaissance work of philosophical fiction
SD-I1-E-12
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Defarge compares the guillotine to
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a newborn girl
a just equalizer
a pruning hook
an avenging Fury
SD-I1-E-12
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Defarge compares the guillotine to
_______
A. a newborn girl
SD-I1-E-13
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney
Carton’s exchanging places with Charles
Darnay is primarily an act of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
brotherly affection
supreme friendship
personal redemption
revolutionary defiance
SD-I1-E-13
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney
Carton’s exchanging places with Charles
Darnay is primarily an act of _______
C.
personal redemption
SD-I1-E-14
Which of the following words BEST describes the tone
of this sentence from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: “It
was famous, too, for the pillory, a wise old institution,
that inflicted a punishment of which no one could
foresee the extent; also for the whipping-post, another
dear old institution, very humanizing and softening to
behold in action . . .”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
flippant
reflective
sardonic
truculent
SD-I1-E-14
Which of the following words BEST describes the tone
of this sentence from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: “It
was famous, too, for the pillory, a wise old institution,
that inflicted a punishment of which no one could
foresee the extent; also for the whipping-post, another
dear old institution, very humanizing and softening to
behold in action . . .”?
C.
sardonic
SD-I1-E-15
The eighth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” includes
the following lines: “For me, who, wandering with
pedestrian Muses,/Contend not with you on the winged
steed . . .” The classical allusion in the second line
alludes to the creature that _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
caused the spring sacred to the Muses to burst
forth
drew the chariot of Poseidon as depicted in
statuary
pulled the chariot of dawn, a symbol of inspiration
bore a single horn and represented perfection
SD-I1-E-15
The eighth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” includes
the following lines: “For me, who, wandering with
pedestrian Muses,/Contend not with you on the winged
steed . . .” The classical allusion in the second line
alludes to the creature that _____
A.
caused the spring sacred to the Muses to burst
forth
SD-I1-E-16
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame
Defarge’s arranging Charles Darnay’s re-arrest on
the evening of his acquittal parallels _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the wood-sawyer’s mockery of Lucie
Cly’s accusations in London at his trial
her treatment of Foulon before he is hanged
the assassination of the Marquis St.
Evrémonde
SD-I1-E-16
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame
Defarge’s arranging Charles Darnay’s re-arrest on
the evening of his acquittal parallels _______
C.
her treatment of Foulon before he is hanged
SD-I1-E-17
The speaker of Wordsworth’s poem
about the French Revolution regards the
upheaval in France as _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a warning to his own class
a portent for the entire world
a culmination of French history
a playing out of an invisible struggle
SD-I1-E-17
The speaker of Wordsworth’s poem
about the French Revolution regards the
upheaval in France as _______
B.
a portent for the entire world
SD-I1-E-18
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
actions of the Marquis St. Evrémonde
and of his brother include each of the
following crimes EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
rape
arson
murder
false imprisonment
SD-I1-E-18
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
actions of the Marquis St. Evrémonde
and of his brother include each of the
following crimes EXCEPT _______
B.
arson
SD-I1-E-19
In the fourth stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron refers to
Wordsworth’s “Excursion,” a poem he
criticizes for _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
its poor prosody
its excessive length
its complex rhyme scheme
its digressive thematic structure
SD-I1-E-19
In the fourth stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron refers to
Wordsworth’s “Excursion,” a poem he
criticizes for _______
B.
its excessive length
SD-I1-E-20
The eighth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,”
includes the following lines: “And, recollect, a
poet nothing loses/In giving to his brethren
their full meed/Of merit . . .” In this context,
what does meed mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
an early elegy
a fitting critique
an earned reward
an honest appraisal
SD-I1-E-20
The eighth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,”
includes the following lines: “And, recollect, a
poet nothing loses/In giving to his brethren
their full meed/Of merit . . .” In this context,
what does meed mean?
C.
an earned reward
SD-I1-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, as the guard
checks the papers of Charles Darnay’s family and
friends leaving Paris, the guard does each of the
following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
demand a kiss from young Lucie Darnay
remind Lucie of Charles’s imminent execution
wish the party a good journey as they
proceed
inquire of them how many have been
executed
SD-I1-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, as the guard
checks the papers of Charles Darnay’s family and
friends leaving Paris, the guard does each of the
following EXCEPT _______
D.
inquire of them how many have been
executed
SD-I1-E-22
Though the meter of Blake’s “The
Tyger” is filled with exceptions, the
general meter is generally _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
anapestic
dactylic
iambic
trochaic
SD-I1-E-22
Though the meter of Blake’s “The
Tyger” is filled with exceptions, the
general meter is generally _______
D.
trochaic
SD-I1-E-23
Of the following characters the one that
undergoes the greatest change in behavior
over the course of Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Jarvis Lorrie
Therese Defarge
little Lucie Manette
the mender of roads
SD-I1-E-23
Of the following characters the one that
undergoes the greatest change in behavior
over the course of Dickens’ A Tale of Two
Cities is _______
D.
the mender of roads
SD-I1-E-24
In Blake’s “The Tyger,” line 17 – “the
stars threw down their spears” – can
most clearly be interpreted as an
allusion to Milton’s account of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Fall of Man
the War in Heaven
the Temptation of Eve
the Visitation by Raphael
SD-I1-E-24
In Blake’s “The Tyger,” line 17 – “the
stars threw down their spears” – can
most clearly be interpreted as an
allusion to Milton’s account of _______
B.
the War in Heaven
SD-I1-E-25
When the Marquis St. Evrémonde leaves the
Monseigneur’s mansion in A Tale of Two
Cities, he shakes “the snuff from his fingers
as if he had shaken the dust from his feet.”
Dickens is employing an allusion to _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Greek mythology
European folklore
a French fairy tale
the New Testament
SD-I1-E-25
When the Marquis St. Evrémonde leaves the
Monseigneur’s mansion in A Tale of Two
Cities, he shakes “the snuff from his fingers
as if he had shaken the dust from his feet.”
Dickens is employing an allusion to _______
D.
the New Testament
End of English Round
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