A practical handbook for students and trivia buffs utilizes a host of multiple-choice questions to test readers' knowledge of American and world history, geography, science, art and architecture, music, literature, myth and religion, quotations, current events, and other topics. Reprint.
Test Your Cultural Literacy IQ
Helps to build knowledge of world civilization and aspects of culture, including the arts and literature, while also preparing readers for such standardized tests as the SAT and the ACT.
A runaway smash hit in its first edition, this fascinating quiz book dared Americans to prove their knowledge of Western and global culture--and wound up a national bestseller.
... the Army military academy team . 48. Detroit - based record company . 49. Famous artist , painter , sculptor , poet , and architect . His sculp- ture Pietà is in St. Peter's , Rome . 50. Female detective in Agatha Christie novels ...
Examples of figures of speech: the mind as a treasury in line 15; "foolish old age" as "a barren vine" and as a fool's university in lines 16-18; life as sweet as a summer day in lines 28-31. 6. The correct answer is (D).
A thirty-day vocabulary building program which includes a pronunciation guide and word origins and histories
... R., 301 Antrobus, J., 105 Aptekar, L., 124 Araki, S., 272 Archer, J., 183 Aristotle, 160,235 Arnett, J., 17, 210, ... R., 284 Bruner, J., 90, 242 Buckley, S., 179 Buda, R., 32 Bull, R., 255 Buss, A., 202 Buss, D., 187 Butcher, J., ...
Nowadays, adolescence is too long—fifteen years in some families—for mere survival. Knowledge, not fortitude, is what today’s parents need. That’s where this book comes in.”
Cultural Intelligence is an essential, foundational resource for anyone who desires to effectively interact across cultures. Read this book!
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