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Question #1: Mathematics10 points
The countable additivity [“add”-ih-TIV-ih-tee]axiom is about
this operation being applied toevents and a summation of
probabilities. Aconjecture about families of sets closed under
thisoperation states that there is an element in at leasthalf of
the sets. An algebraic set is called“irreducible” if it cannot be
expressed using thisoperation. If this operation is performed on a
setand the set’s complement, then the result is theuniversal set.
If two sets are disjoint, then thisoperation on them forms a set
whose cardinality isthe sum of the original sets’ cardinalities.
Namethis operation on sets whose result is the set of allelements
in either or any of the original sets.
union
Question #2: Social Studies10 points
A short-lived country named for this river wasstarted and ended
by Antonio Canales[kuh-NAH-“lace”] in 1840 and led by Jesús
deCárdenas [hay-ZOOSS day KAR-day-nahss]. Ashift in the path of
this river caused the Chamizal[chah-MEE-zahl] dispute, which led to
anassassination attempt against President Taft. TheTiguex
[TEE-wish] War took place when FranciscoVázquez de Coronado
attacked Native Americansnear this river. The United States fought
a warover the territory between this river and the
Nueces[noo-“ACE-ace”] River. Name this river that,according to the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo[ee-DAHL-goh], forms part of the border
betweenthe U.S. and Mexico.
Rio Grande (del Norte)[or Río Bravo (del Norte)]
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Question #3: Literature10 points
This poet yearns “Oh for boyhood’s painless play”in a work about
a boy who “hast more than he canbuy”. This writer began that poem
“Blessings onthee, little man.” In another poem by this writer,
awoman says “Ah me! That I the Judge’s bridemight be!”. In that
poem, this person wrote “For ofall sad words of tongue or pen, the
saddest arethese: ‘It might have been!”’. Another poem by
thiswriter is about a 90-year-old woman who recovereda Union flag
in Frederick, Maryland during the CivilWar. Name this poet who
wrote “The BarefootBoy”, “Maud Muller”, and “Barbara
Frietchie”.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Question #4: Science10 points
This substance moves through the canals of Hering.A duct named
for this substance helps form theampulla of Vater. Both the
production and releaseof this substance is increased by the
hormonecholecystokinin [KOH-luh-SISS-toh-KY-nin]. Thissubstance
reduces surface tension by acting as asurfactant, creating micelles
[“my-SELLS”] thatmake lipase [“LIE-pace”] more
efficient.Taurocholic [TOR-oh-KOH-lik] acid is in thissubstance and
is a component of its namesake salts.This substance is produced in
the liver and storedin the gallbladder. Name this substance
thatdigests fats and which is yellowish-greenish.
bile [prompt on gall]
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Question #5: Miscellaneous10 points
A very popular textbook about this technology waswritten by
Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig. Thistechnology’s name was coined
by John McCarthy,who developed the Lisp programming
language.Stephen Hawking said that the emergence of thistechnology
could be the “worst event in the historyof our civilization”. Some
people worry that thistechnology will bring us to a “singularity”
at whichpoint humans will lose control of technology. Namethis
technology in which computers “think” likehumans.
artificial intelligence orAI [or machineintelligence or
artificialgeneral intelligence orAGI]
Question #6: Social Studies10 points
This river starts near the town of Cape Vincent,and a widening
of this river forms Lake Saint Pierre,which has an archipelago
[ark-ih-PEL-uh-goh] withover 100 islands. The water from this river
passesby Anticosti [ahn-tee-KOHSS-tee] Island beforeentering a gulf
that shares its name. The Gaspé[gas-pay] Peninsula is the south
side of this river’smouth. This river’s namesake gulf contains
CapeBreton [BREH-tun] Island, Prince Edward Island,and the west
side of Newfoundland Island. Thisriver goes through Montreal and
Quebec City.Name this river that flows northeast from LakeOntario,
forming part of the border between NewYork and Canada.
St. Lawrence River
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Question #7: Literature10 points per part
The gods and spirits associated with this religionare called
kami [kah-mee].1 Name this Japanese religion some of whose
myths were taken from the Kojiki.Shintoism
2 This Shinto goddess, along with her husbandIzanagi, created
the Japanese islands and manyother deities.
Izanami
3 This god, who later merged with Ebisu[eh-bee-soo], was the
first child of Izanami.This god and Awashima were born deformed,and
they were abandoned by their parents.
Hiruko [prompt onKotoshiro-nushi-no-kami]
Question #8: Literature10 points per part
Answer the following about myths involvingchariots:1 This son of
Helios insisted on driving the sun
chariot for a day, which did not end well.Phaethon
[FAY-uh-thun]
2 Freyja’s [FRAY-yuh’z] chariot was pulled bytwo of these
animals, who were gifts from Thor.
(male or tom)cats
3 These mythological animals pull Nemesis’schariot. In Dante’s
Divine Comedy, Beatricerides in a chariot pulled by these
animals.
griffins [or grypes]
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Question #9: Social Studies10 points per part
This person famously crossed the Alps withelephants.1 Name this
leader of Carthage during the
Second Punic War.Hannibal (Barca)[accept either]
2 The Second Punic War ended when Hanniballost to Scipio
[SKIP-ee-oh] Africanus at thisbattle in 202 BCE.
Battle of Zama
3 After that defeat, Hannibal helped this leaderof the Seleucid
[suh-LOO-sid] Empire, whoeventually was also defeated by the
Romans.
Antiochus[an-“TIE”-oh-kuss] III orAntiochus the Great[prompt on
Antiochus]
Question #10: Social Studies10 points per part
This African country is in much of the sameregion that was in
Nubia [NOO-bee-uh] and Kushin ancient times.1 Name this country
whose southern section
seceded in 2011. Name the country from beforethe secession, not
the new country.
(Republic of the) Sudanor (Jumhuriyyatas-)Sudan [do not
accept“South Sudan”]
2 After helping to put down the TaipingRebellion, this
Englishman became thegovernor-general of the Sudan. He was killed
byforces supporting a religious figure called theMahdi.
Charles “Chinese”Gordon
3 This Englishman won the Battle of Omdurmanin 1898 to gain
control of Sudan. After that,this person and Lord Roberts used
brutaltactics in the Second Boer War.
Lord Herbert Kitchener
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Question #11: Science10 points per part
This type of region is usually not recognized as abiome
[BY-ohm], but Robert Bailey classified it asa humid tropical
domain.1 Give this term for a region that is the home of
a very large number of species and gets over100 inches of
precipitation per year.
rainforests
2 Many species live in this dense rainforest layerthat is about
100 feet above the ground.
canopy
3 These woody vines are rooted in soil and usetrees as support
to reach up to and across thecanopy. These plants are in several
differentplant families.
lianas [lee-AH-nuhz] [orlianes]
Question #12: Science10 points per part
The Earth’s lithosphere [LITH-uh-“sphere”]contains the upper
mantle and this layer.1 Name this outermost solid layer of Earth.
crust
2 This thin layer, where seismic waves accelerate,is the border
between the crust and the mantle.
Moho discontinuity
[orMohorovičić[moh-hoh-ROH-vich-ich]discontinuity]
3 While much of the Moho discontinuity is in thelithosphere,
some of it enters this layer of theupper mantle whose heat allows
for tectonicplate movement.
asthenosphere[ass-THEE-noh-“sphere”]
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Question #13: Fine Arts10 points per part
This musical is based on poems by T. S. Eliot.
1 Identify this musical whose characters are all acertain type
of animal.
Cats
2 The first act of Cats ends with an introductionto this song
which is performed in full in thesecond act. This song states “all
alone in themoonlight I can dream of the old days.”
“Memory”
3 This is the name of the cat who is described asThe Glamour Cat
and who sings “Memory”.
Grizabella[griz-uh-BELL-uh]
Question #14: Fine Arts10 points per part
This musical is based on George Bernard Shaw’splay Pygmalion
[“pig-MALE”-ee-un].1 Name this musical about a bet between
Colonel
Pickering and Professor Higgins over whetherthey can pass off
Eliza Doolittle as a woman ofhigh society.
My Fair Lady
2 My Fair Lady was one of several collaborationsbetween this
composer and the lyricist Alan JayLerner.
Frederick Loewe [loh]
3 In the second act of My Fair Lady, Eliza’sfather Alfred
decides to get married and singsthis song, including the line “Ding
dong! / thebells are gonna chime.”
“Get Me to the Churchon Time”
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Question #15: Literature10 points
One poem by this writer asks “What candles maybe held to speed
them all?” and ends with the line“each slow dusk a drawing-down of
blinds”. Thispoet’s rejection of religion can be seen in thatpoem’s
line “No mockeries now for them; noprayers nor bells.” Another poem
by this writerbegins “Bent double, like old beggars under
sacks”.This writer began the second stanza of that poemwith the
exclamation “Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!”.The title of that poem means
“It is sweet andglorious” in Latin. Name this English poet whowrote
“Anthem for Doomed Youth” and “Dulce etDecorum est” [“DULL”-kay et
day-KOR-um est]before he died in World War I.
Wilfred (Edward Salter)Owen
Question #16: Science10 points
A number of efforts to monitor these events havebeen the
Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaigns, orMACs. These events seem to
come from a pointcalled the apparent radiant. The most noticeable
ofthese events take place in mid-August andmid-November each year.
These events occur whenEarth passes through the path of a comet.
Thenames of these events are usually made by changingthe end of the
name of a constellation so that itends in “-id”. Name these events,
such as thePerseids and Leonids, during which there are
brightflashes in the sky.
meteor showers
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Question #17: Social Studies10 points
According to legend, this man and his wifePadmavati
[pad-mah-VAH-tee] had a son Kunala[kuh-NAH-lah] who was blinded by
this man’sother wife Tishyaraksha [tish-yah-RAK-shuh]. Themonk
Upagupta [oo-pah-GOOP-tah] is creditedwith overseeing this leader’s
religious conversion,after which this leader inscribed religious
messageson several pillars. The national emblem of India isbased on
a column this leader erected at Sarnath[sar-nahth] showing four
lions. After conqueringKalinga [kuh-LIN-guh], this leader decided
to focuson Buddhism rather than war. Name thisthird-century BCE
leader who was the son ofBindusara [bin-doo-SAH-ruh] and grandson
ofChandragupta Maurya.
Ashoka (the Great) [orAshoka Maurya orDevanampriya
PriyadarshiSamrat Ashoka]
Question #18: Literature10 points
In a novel by this writer, a sign at the zoo says“The little
monkey that used to live here wasblinded because of the senseless
cruelty of one ofthe visitors. An evil man threw tobacco into
itseyes.” In that novel, this author depicted a patientwho loves
both the nurse Zoya and the doctor VeraGangart. In another novel by
this author, theprotagonist is led by Tyurin and Pavlo, but he
issentenced to three days’ penalty with work by TheTartar. This
author of Cancer Ward drew on hisexperiences from 1945 to 1953 as a
prisoner. Namethis Soviet author of One Day in the Life of
IvanDenisovich [deh-NEE-soh-vich].
Aleksandr (Isayevich)Solzhenitsyn[sohl-zheh-NEET-sin]
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Question #19: Science10 points
One of the rules named for this person states thatatoms with
high valence and small coordinationnumber do not share edges and
faces. Another rulenamed for this scientist states that crystals
havesmall numbers of shapes; that rule is the rule ofparsimony. In
addition to five rules on crystalstructures, this person developed
a scale that usesbond dissociation energies to quantify elements
andclassify bonds between them. Name this Americanscientist whose
development of an electronegativityscale and opposition to nuclear
weapons testingearned him Nobel Prizes in both Chemistry
andPeace.
Linus Pauling
Question #20: Fine Arts10 points
A painting by this artist shows a woman helping tosupport a
large basket that is held to a man’s backwith a large yellow sash.
This artist painted thatman wearing white and on his hands and
kneeswith a basket full of pink flowers. Another work bythis artist
contained panels titled The Frontier ofEthical Evolution and The
Frontier of MaterialDevelopment, and it later became Man,
Controllerof the Universe. That original work was destroyedwhen
this artist refused to remove a portrait ofLenin. Name this creator
of Man at the Crossroadswho often portrayed Mexican history and
wasmarried to Frida Kahlo.
Diego Rivera
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Question #21: Social Studies10 points per part
This person found that people are more likely tomail lost
letters to people or favorableorganizations than to stigmatized
organizations.1 Name this psychologist who also found that
people will obey authority figures who tell themto administer
shocks to other people.
Stanley Milgram
2 In another experiment, Milgram found supportfor the idea that
there is this number ofseparations between people on average.
six degrees of separation
3 Milgram studied under this psychologist whoran an experiment
in which a group of peoplewere asked which of three segments was
thesame length as a given segment. The lastperson asked was the
only actual subject of theexperiment; the others were actors.
Solomon Asch
Question #22: Social Studies10 points per part
Anna Freud listed this behavior as the firstdefense mechanism.1
Name this phenomenon in which a person
returns to an earlier stage of development,behaving more
childishly than they had been.
regression or regressing
2 Sigmund Freud linked regression to this part ofthe psyche more
than the id or the super·ego.
ego
3 Another defense mechanism on Anna Freud’slist was this
transformation of sociallyunacceptable impulses to socially
acceptableactions.
sublimation [orsublimating]
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Question #23: Mathematics10 points per part
This type of division can be used when dividingany polynomial by
a first-degree polynomial.1 Name this type of division that usually
is faster
than long division.synthetic division
2 Divide the quantity “x squared minus 5x minus14”, end
quantity, by the quantity “x plus 2”.
x − 7 [or x + −7; accepteither of those answerswith a 1 before
the x]
3 Find the remainder when the quantity“2x cubed plus 4x squared
plus 3x plus 5”, endquantity, is divided by the quantity “x minus
2”.
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Question #24: Mathematics10 points per part
These features are often drawn as dashed lines,and are often
found in relation to rationalfunctions.1 Give this term for a line
that a function’s graph
approaches as a limit.asymptotes
2 Find an equation for the oblique asymptote ofthe rational
function “y equals the quantity2x squared minus 3x plus 5, end
quantity, allover the quantity x plus 1”. Use
slope-interceptform.
y = 2x − 5 [ory = 2x + −5]
3 Find the slope of either asymptote of thehyperbola generated
by the equation “x squaredover 16, minus y squared over 9, equals
1”.
3/4 or −3/4 [accept±3/4; accept 0.75 or-0.75 or ±0.75]
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Question #25: Literature10 points per part
This essay states “So long as you write what youwish to write,
that is all that matters; andwhether it matters for ages or only
for hours,nobody can say.”1 Name this essay published in 1929 based
on two
talks on the topic “Women and Fiction”.“A Room of One’sOwn”
2 This author of To the Lighthouse wrote “ARoom of One’s
Own”.
Virginia (AdelineStephen) Woolf [accepteither underlined
name]
3 The essay states that a woman needs twothings to write
fiction: a room of her own andwhat else?
money [accept anyreasonable answerconveying that idea]
Question #26: Literature10 points per part
This character says, “We are such stuff as dreamsare made on,
and our little life is rounded with asleep.”1 Name this character
who tells Ariel to summon
the spirits of Iris, Juno, and Ceres [SEER-eez]to celebrate the
engagement of Ferdinand andMiranda.
Prospero
2 Prospero appears in this William Shakespeareplay named for the
storm caused by Ariel.
The Tempest
3 This poet used a series of dramatic monologuesspoken by
characters from The Tempest in hispoem “The Sea and the
Mirror”.
W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden
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Question #27: Science10 points per part
This is the stage of development in whichprimitive organs
develop.1 Name this stage that lasts about seven weeks
from the blastula and gastrula to the fetus.embryonic stage
2 An early embryo has three germ layers. Namethe layer that
develops into the circulatorysystem, muscles, and bones.
mesoderm[MEZ-oh-durm]
3 The mesoderm signals the ectoderm to formthis structure that
lasts from about the 19th to25th day of embryonic development and
isopposite the primitive streak.
neural plate
Question #28: Science10 points per part
Neutrophils [NOO-troh-filz] and lymphocytes[LIM-foh-“sites”] are
examples of this type of cell.1 Name this type of blood cell that
has a nucleus. white blood cells [or
leukocytes; acceptWBCs]
2 These lymphocytes can react against cellswithout prior
sensitization, which makes themthe best defense against tumor
cells.
natural killer cells [acceptNK cells]
3 Natural killer cells and T cells interact with theClass 1
molecules named for this set of genes.In humans, the two molecule
classes can becalled the human leukocyte antigen.
majorhistocompatibilitycomplex or MHC
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Question #29: Literature10 points
At the beginning of one novel by this author, thebody of
12-year-old Zhenia Golov [ZHEN-yuhGOH-lawff] is found. That novel,
which this authorbased on the 1913 Beilis [BAY-lees] trial in
Russia,is about Yakov Bok. Another novel by this authorstarts on a
train, where the protagonist uses abassoon case to carry an object
he calls“Wonderboy”. In that other novel by this author,the
protagonist impresses Harriet Bird, who tries tokill him. The way
that protagonist impresses Birdis by taking on a challenge by
Walter “TheWhammer” Whambold and striking him out. Namethis Jewish
American author of The Fixer and TheNatural.
Bernard Malamud
Question #30: Science10 points
An attempt to discredit this rule, but which insteadled to the
idea of quantum entanglement, was theEinstein-Podolsky-Rosen
paradox. This rule applieswhen the canonical commutation relation
is notzero. A thought experiment designed to supportthis rule
involved a microscope that used a photonto observe an electron.
This rule applies toconjugate quantities such as energy and time,
ordifferent components of angular momentum. Namethis rule which
states that the product of the errorsin the measurements of
position and momentummust be at least a certain constant.
Heisenberg uncertaintyprinciple [acceptindeterminacy
principle;prompt on Heisenberg]
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Question #31: Social Studies10 points
This person served as the governor of New York fortwo months
before resigning to become U.S.Secretary of State. This person
eventually resignedas Secretary of State, after having sided with
theEatons, to help Andrew Jackson re-organize hisCabinet. This
person then served as vice presidentduring Jackson’s second term.
In 1848, this personwas the Free Soil Party presidential
candidate.When this person was president, there were a seriesof
bank failures during the Panic of 1837. Namethis successor of
Andrew Jackson who lost hisre-election campaign to William Henry
Harrison.
Martin Van Buren
Question #32: Mathematics10 points
This operation is performed on the number of trialsbefore using
a combination to evaluate a negativebinomial distribution.
Performing this operationand then taking a factorial is equivalent
to applyingthe Gamma function. This operation is performedon the
number of observations in Bessel’s correction,which gives the
sample standard deviation insteadof the population standard
deviation. Performingthis operation on an exponent has the same
effectas dividing the power by the base. In the powerrule, this
operation is performed on the exponent tofind the exponent for the
derivative. Name thisoperation that is performed on the input of
afunction to shift a graph a unit to the right.
subtracting 1 or minus 1[accept addingnegative 1; prompt
onsubtracting or minus orlessening ordecrease/ing]
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Extra Question #1: Fine Arts10 points
Because this German composer’s wife was partlyJewish, he moved
to the United States in 1940,where he wrote a piece based on three
piano duetsand some incidental music. This composer wrote anopera
about a painter whose work is interrupted bya peasant rebellion led
by Hans Schwalb. Thatopera is Mathis der Maler. When King George V
ofBritain died, this composer spent six hours writingTrauermusik,
which was performed the next dayinstead of this composer’s Der
Schwanendreher[“dare” SHVAHN-end-reh-hur]. Name thiscomposer of
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themesby Carl Maria von Weber
[VAY-bur].
Paul Hindemith
Extra Question #2: Science10 points
The energy stored in a capacitor equals this numbertimes charge
times the voltage across the capacitor.The focal length of a
concave spherical mirrorequals this number times the distance from
themirror to the center of curvature. The potentialenergy stored in
a spring equals this number timesthe spring constant times the
square ofdisplacement. If there is constant
acceleration,displacement divided by time equals this numbertimes
the sum of the initial and final velocities.Kinetic energy equals
this number times mass timesspeed squared. Name this number between
zeroand 1.
1/2 or 0.5
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Extra Question #3: Literature10 points
In one book by this writer, an Indian servantnamed Santosh
marries an African-Americanwoman to gain citizenship. That story,
“One out ofMany”, is included with “Tell Me Who to Kill”,travel
journal excerpts, and a novella set in whatseems to be Uganda
[pause] in this author’s BookerPrize-winning book. In another novel
by this writer,the protagonist becomes a sign-painter for the
Tulsifamily and marries Shama. This author wrote thatthat
protagonist, named Mohun, was born with anextra finger. Name this
author of In a Free Stateand A House for Mr. Biswas who was born
inTrinidad and Tobago.
V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad)(“Vidia”) Naipaul
Extra Question #4: Social Studies10 points
One of these texts has 42 very short chapters andwas used to
spread Buddhism to China. In Jainism,several Agamas are classified
as this type of text,including the first one, entitled
Acharanga[ah-kah-RAHN-gah]. Jains also recognize the Chedaset of
these texts, which includes the Kalpa. InHinduism, this term refers
to many works full ofaphorisms, including Badarayana’s works
andPatanjali’s works describing yoga. In Buddhism,this term refers
to works that are attributed to theBuddha and his disciples, such
as the Diamond andthe Lotus. Give the name of these texts,
including awork on sexuality, which is called the Kama one.
sutra [or sutta or suya]
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Extra Question #5: Mathematics10 points
The person whom this concept is named for used itto justify both
his theory of types and axiom ofreducibility. This concept is used
to show why thecomprehension axiom should be restricted in
settheory, leading to changes in theories put forth byGottlob Frege
[FRAY-guh]. The axiom ofseparation was used by Ernst Zermelo to
develop aset theory that was not plagued by this idea.Identify this
paradox concerning “the set of all setsthat are not members of
themselves”, and which isnamed for the person who wrote
PrincipiaMathematica with Alfred North Whitehead.
Russell’s paradox [acceptjust Russell’s after“paradox”;
acceptRussell’s antinomy;prompt on the set of allsets that are
notmembers of themselvesbefore “all sets”]
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Extra Question #6: Literature10 points per part
In this novel, Booker T. Washington tries tointervene when
Coalhouse Walker takes over J. P.Morgan’s library.1 Identify this
novel named for the type of music
that Coalhouse Walker performs.Ragtime
2 Ragtime was written by this author of BillyBathgate.
E(dgar) L(awrence)Doctorow
3 In Ragtime, this famous person’s car swervesinto a telephone
poll. This person later meets aconfused Archduke Franz
Ferdinand.
Harry Houdini [acceptErik Weisz or HarryWeiss]
Extra Question #7: Literature10 points per part
One of the characters in this novel is nicknamed“Chicken George”
because he trains chickens forcockfights.1 Name this novel based on
its author’s family
history. Some of the research for this novel wasdone in the
Gambia.
Roots: The Saga of anAmerican Family
2 This person wrote Roots about a decade afterwriting The
Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Alex Haley
3 In Roots, this person is captured and put on aslave ship to
America.
Kunta Kinte [accepteither]
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Extra Question #8: Science10 points per part
Abegg’s rule states that the difference between themaximum
positive and negative valences of anelement is often this number.1
Name this number. An oft-stated rule says that
atoms seem to prefer to have this manyelectrons in their valence
shells
8
2 Octane is a saturated hydrocarbon with eightcarbon atoms in
each molecule. How manyhydrogen atoms are in each molecule?
18 hydrogen atoms
3 A molecule of glycerin has eight hydrogenatoms. How many
oxygen atoms does it have?
three
Extra Question #9: Science10 points per part
The Miller index is used to categorize planes inthese
structures.1 Name these solids in which atoms, molecules, or
ions are arranged in a lattice.crystals or crystallinesolids
2 Of the seven categories of crystal systems, thisone is the
most symmetric, with equal distancesand right angles. This system
cannot bebase-centered but can be primitive,body-centered, or
face-centered.
cubic [prompt on cube]
3 On the other hand, this crystal system is theleast symmetric.
In this system, the axes are ofunequal lengths and are not
perpendicular.
tri·clinic
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