1. With a little persuasion, I was able to _________ him to lessen the punishment.  a) accumulate  b) displace  c) induce  d) reinforce  e) fluctuate
2. Most classroom rules don't have to be written down, they should be known ____________(ly).   a) reinforce  b) bias  c) arbitrary  d) implicit  e) crucial
3. The guest teacher _________(ed) from the lesson plan, and spent the period watching a video.  a) denote  b) exploit  c) manipulate  d) arbitrary  e) deviate
4. The Titanic _________(ed) more than 13 million gallons of water, making it the world's largest ship at the time.  a) accumulated  b) displace  c) arbitrary  d) induce  e) fluctuate
5. His decision wasn't entirely ______; he actually had a reason behind it.  a) clarify  b) contemporary  c) uniform  d) arbitrary  e) bias
6. The Latin prefix ambi- (the Greek form is ampho-) means...  a) not  b) unclear  c) both  d) neither  e) some   (As in ambiguous, ambidextrous, and amphibian. Bonus for explaining what ambidextrous means.)

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7. Is the following sentence a good example of how to use the word bias?  A good judge should be unbiased.  a) Yes  b) No
8. Is the following sentence a good example of how to use the word reinforce?  My mom reinforced me about the rules before I went to the dance.  a) Yes  b) No 

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9. (Husker Du? 9/30/08) He was nutty.  The word was is being used as a...

a) helping verb  b) linking verb  c) main verb  d) b and c  e) a and c
10. (Husker Du? 10/16/08)  Did you remember to wear your helmet?  (Subject/Verb)

a) you/wear  b) helmet/wear  c)  you/remember  d) you/did remember  e) NOTA

1. The sub was slow to realize when something was ____; he thought everything was fine.  a) forlorn  b) amiss  c) apathetic  d) earnest  e) crestfallen
2. A person cannot be convicted on ________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.  a) precarious  b) canvass  c) conjecture  d) proscribe  e) omniscient
3. The NFL head coach's position is rather ______. If the team doesn't do well this season, he might lose his job.  a) omniscient  b) forlorn  c) apathetic  d) conjecture  e) precarious
4. Many countries ________ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.  a) proscribe  b) amiss  c) precarious  d) conjecture  e) apathetic
5. The ______ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.  a) sinuous  b) canvass  c) diverge  d) converge  e) amiss
6. There is a famous play about a man who sold his soul to the Devil to be ___________.  a) apathetic  b) amiss  c) sinuous  d) canvassed   e) omniscient
7. The searchers __(ed) the cave, looking for the lost miners. a) forlorn  b) proscribe  c) diverge  d) canvass  e) omniscient
8. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree. a) diverge  b) converge  c) conjecture  d) earnest  e) apathetic
9. For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first ____, then ___.  a) converge, diverge  b) diverge, converge
10. For the prank, the bucket was ________(ly) balanced on the top of the door. a) amiss  b) forlorn  c) earnest  d) diverge  e) precarious
11. After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was _____ and _____, and thought nobody cared for him.  a) forlorn, precarious  b) crestfallen, earnest  c) diverge, converge  d) crestfallen, forlorn  e) earnest, apathetic
12. The class discussion was not very lively; the students were rather _______ about the topic. a) earnest  b) apathetic  c) crestfallen  d) canvass  e) omniscient
13. ecstatic : crestfallen :: apathetic : ______   a) omniscient  b) precarious  c) forlorn  d) amiss  e) earnest

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Time? Tom ca. 1938.