MS QB - online practice #8

Which power is reserved to the states?

• coining money

• establishing courts

• establishing public schools

• protecting the public health

• setting standards for weights

Immigrants who signed indentures became ...

• slaves

• tenants

• servants

• landowners

• members of the military

The percentage a salesman receives based on the value of the goods sold is called a(n) ...

• emission

• remission

• commission

• transmission

• manumission

Iguanas are ...

• cats

• birds

• snakes

• lizards

• antelope

This dialogue is from what story? "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della.

• The Lottery

• The Last Leaf

• The Tell-Tale Heart

• The Gift of the Magi

• The Most Dangerous Game

The first Olympics were staged in 776 B.C. The eighteenth Olympiad took place in ---- B.C.

• 704

• 708

• 712

• 716

• 720

The Emperor Seamount chain stretches from Hawaii in what compass direction?

• east

• west

• south

• northeast

• northwest

Which line includes a singular, first-person pronoun?

• We're all in this alone.

• It isn't easy being green.

• I am a deeply superficial person.

• There are more of them than us.

• Never eat more than you can lift.

According to C.S. Lewis, the Dawn Treader is a(n) ...

• elf

• ring

• boat

• dagger

• magician

Who lived in Cathay?

• Amenhotep

• Eric the Red

• Genghis Khan

• Haroun al Rashid

• Tomas de Torquemada