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Truesdell-Unit A-Nonfiction
Contributed by: Truesdell
  • 1. What does the term "objective" mean?
A) A statement that consists of largely fiction
B) A term that ALL opinion writers stick to
C) A statement that can be verified with facts or truth
D) A statement that consists largely of propaganda
  • 2. What does the term "subjective" mean?
A) Mathematics
B) A statement that cannot be completely verified by factual data
C) Astronomy
D) DNA
  • 3. What does the term "propaganda" mean?
A) A disturbing story of ALL untruths
B) ALL of the Democrats
C) information spread to help or harm a certain person or party
D) ALL of the Republicans
  • 4. What does the term "truth" mean?
A) A term that can be verified with facts or factual data
B) An American history class
C) There is no such thing
D) Pluralism
  • 5. What does the term "argumentative" mean?
A) None of the above
B) Two parties who often get along
C) A debate
D) DNA and astronomy
  • 6. What does the term "expository" mean?
A) A term that explains the meaning or sets forth an idea
B) Means of leading someone to class
C) Means of leading someone to make the right decision
D) A term that exposes a candidate's lies
  • 7. What is a "litmus test/touchstone"?
A) Often a political term that defines truth
B) This is science Mr. T. Are you nuts?
C) A political term that signals one's effectiveness for political office
D) That stone that bearded guy Moses threw down from the mountain.
  • 8. What does the term "bandwagon" mean?
A) A wagon that contains four wheels and was widely used in the old West
B) A idea of persuasion in which others follow a popular idea
C) A band of people who follow truth
D) Another term for sheep
  • 9. What does the "1st Amendment to the Constitution" mean?
A) The right to be free from searches in your house
B) The right to peaceably assemble and freedom of the press
C) The right to equal protection under the law
D) The right to freedom from slavery
  • 10. What does the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution" give citizens?
A) The right to have equal protection of the law
B) The right to worship
C) The right to be free from slavery
D) The right to own firearms
  • 11. What does the word "integrity" mean?
A) The state of being partially correct
B) A type of integer system
C) The state of being honest, fair and sound
D) The state of being a liar
  • 12. What does the term "gullible" mean?
A) A type of tactic politicians use
B) Ability to believe without concrete evidence
C) Ability to only hear what you want to hear
D) Ability to only hear the truth
  • 13. What does the term "rhetoric" mean?
A) Only spoken terms that convince
B) Spoken or written conversation or discourse intended to persuade
C) Only written terms that convince
D) A type of rhetory sound
  • 14. What does the term "Speaker of the House" mean?
A) An important person who speaks the MOST in any house
B) Third in line to the presidency-en elected position
C) A political term meaning "one who endorses"
D) An important man or woman in the House of Representatives that speaks
  • 15. What does the term "evaluate" mean
A) FWCS's favorite "buzz" word
B) A value of a given sum in an equation
C) Another name for a test
D) To use good judgement and facts at hand to find meaning
  • 16. What does the term "horsepower" mean?
A) An old farm term that evaluates the horses' strength and vitality
B) Peak engine performance at a given RPM
C) An ability of a car to slow quickly
D) The car's transmission choice
  • 17. What does the term "torque" mean?
A) The rotating force of the earth
B) The ability to feel speed or pressure as you accelerate
C) The power needed to remove stuck pickle lids
D) Exactly the same as horsepower
  • 18. What does the term "octane" mean?
A) Lower the octane/higher the performance
B) Sole reason you pay more at the pump
C) The eight components that go into engine performance
D) Hydrocarbons added to fuel mixture to reduce "knocking"
  • 19. What is a turbocharger?
A) A device used to impress your date
B) A device used to compress and force air using a turbine to ultimately boost engine performance
C) A device used to compress nitrogen for racing purposes
D) A device fitted on to the steering wheel to control torque steer
  • 20. What is "efficiency?"
A) A way of describing a car "nut"
B) The U.S. Postal Service
C) A ratio of work done to energy saved
D) A ratio of laziness to work not done
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