CERAD THEORY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE – ALL MODULES & TOPICS
REVIEWED
U.S. History & Government
1. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the:
a) Articles of Confederation
b) Bill of Rights
c) Emancipation Proclamation
d) Preamble
Answer: b) Bill of Rights
2. The principle of "separate but equal" was established by which Supreme Court case
before being overturned?
a) Brown v. Board of Education
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Marbury v. Madison
d) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Answer: b) Plessy v. Ferguson
3. Which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) Andrew Johnson
Answer: b) Abraham Lincoln
4. The "shot heard 'round the world" refers to the beginning of which conflict?
a) The War of 1812
b) The American Civil War
c) The American Revolution
d) The French and Indian War
Answer: c) The American Revolution
,5. What is the main function of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government?
a) Enforce laws
b) Interpret laws
c) Make laws
d) Veto laws
Answer: c) Make laws
6. The economic philosophy that the American colonies existed primarily to benefit the
mother country (Great Britain) was known as:
a) Socialism
b) Mercantilism
c) Capitalism
d) Manifest Destiny
Answer: b) Mercantilism
7. Which document, ratified in 1781, served as the first constitution of the United States
but proved to be too weak?
a) The Mayflower Compact
b) The Federalist Papers
c) The Articles of Confederation
d) The Declaration of Independence
Answer: c) The Articles of Confederation
8. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is significant for:
a) Prohibiting the sale of alcohol
b) Granting women the right to vote
c) Abolishing slavery
d) Establishing income tax
Answer: b) Granting women the right to vote
9. The policy of preventing the spread of communism, particularly in the context of the
Cold War, was called:
a) Detente
b) Isolationism
c) Containment
d) Imperialism
Answer: c) Containment
10. The three branches of the U.S. government, as defined by the Constitution, are designed
to provide a system of:
, a) Federalism
b) Checks and Balances
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Judicial Review
Answer: b) Checks and Balances
Literature & English
11. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called a:
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c) Hyperbole
d) Personification
Answer: b) Simile
12. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
a) Charles Dickens
b) William Shakespeare
c) Jane Austen
d) F. Scott Fitzgerald
Answer: b) William Shakespeare
13. In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the name of the lawyer who defends Tom Robinson?
a) Boo Radley
b) Jem Finch
c) Bob Ewell
d) Atticus Finch
Answer: d) Atticus Finch
14. The central idea or message of a literary work is its:
a) Plot
b) Theme
c) Setting
d) Conflict
Answer: b) Theme
15. "The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of:
a) Simile
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Personification
, d) Metaphor
Answer: c) Personification
16. Which author wrote about the dystopian future of *1984*?
a) Aldous Huxley
b) George Orwell
c) Ray Bradbury
d) H.G. Wells
Answer: b) George Orwell
17. The narrator of The Great Gatsby is:
a) Jay Gatsby
b) Tom Buchanan
c) Daisy Buchanan
d) Nick Carraway
Answer: d) Nick Carraway
18. The emotional atmosphere of a literary work is known as the:
a) Tone
b) Mood
c) Diction
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Mood
19. In poetry, a group of lines forming a unit is called a:
a) Stanza
b) Verse
c) Paragraph
d) Couplet
Answer: a) Stanza
20. Which novel features the characters Lennie Small and George Milton?
a) The Old Man and the Sea
b) Of Mice and Men
c) The Grapes of Wrath
d) The Catcher in the Rye
Answer: b) Of Mice and Men
Biology
GUIDE – ALL MODULES & TOPICS
REVIEWED
U.S. History & Government
1. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the:
a) Articles of Confederation
b) Bill of Rights
c) Emancipation Proclamation
d) Preamble
Answer: b) Bill of Rights
2. The principle of "separate but equal" was established by which Supreme Court case
before being overturned?
a) Brown v. Board of Education
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Marbury v. Madison
d) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Answer: b) Plessy v. Ferguson
3. Which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) Andrew Johnson
Answer: b) Abraham Lincoln
4. The "shot heard 'round the world" refers to the beginning of which conflict?
a) The War of 1812
b) The American Civil War
c) The American Revolution
d) The French and Indian War
Answer: c) The American Revolution
,5. What is the main function of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government?
a) Enforce laws
b) Interpret laws
c) Make laws
d) Veto laws
Answer: c) Make laws
6. The economic philosophy that the American colonies existed primarily to benefit the
mother country (Great Britain) was known as:
a) Socialism
b) Mercantilism
c) Capitalism
d) Manifest Destiny
Answer: b) Mercantilism
7. Which document, ratified in 1781, served as the first constitution of the United States
but proved to be too weak?
a) The Mayflower Compact
b) The Federalist Papers
c) The Articles of Confederation
d) The Declaration of Independence
Answer: c) The Articles of Confederation
8. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is significant for:
a) Prohibiting the sale of alcohol
b) Granting women the right to vote
c) Abolishing slavery
d) Establishing income tax
Answer: b) Granting women the right to vote
9. The policy of preventing the spread of communism, particularly in the context of the
Cold War, was called:
a) Detente
b) Isolationism
c) Containment
d) Imperialism
Answer: c) Containment
10. The three branches of the U.S. government, as defined by the Constitution, are designed
to provide a system of:
, a) Federalism
b) Checks and Balances
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Judicial Review
Answer: b) Checks and Balances
Literature & English
11. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called a:
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c) Hyperbole
d) Personification
Answer: b) Simile
12. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
a) Charles Dickens
b) William Shakespeare
c) Jane Austen
d) F. Scott Fitzgerald
Answer: b) William Shakespeare
13. In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the name of the lawyer who defends Tom Robinson?
a) Boo Radley
b) Jem Finch
c) Bob Ewell
d) Atticus Finch
Answer: d) Atticus Finch
14. The central idea or message of a literary work is its:
a) Plot
b) Theme
c) Setting
d) Conflict
Answer: b) Theme
15. "The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of:
a) Simile
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Personification
, d) Metaphor
Answer: c) Personification
16. Which author wrote about the dystopian future of *1984*?
a) Aldous Huxley
b) George Orwell
c) Ray Bradbury
d) H.G. Wells
Answer: b) George Orwell
17. The narrator of The Great Gatsby is:
a) Jay Gatsby
b) Tom Buchanan
c) Daisy Buchanan
d) Nick Carraway
Answer: d) Nick Carraway
18. The emotional atmosphere of a literary work is known as the:
a) Tone
b) Mood
c) Diction
d) Syntax
Answer: b) Mood
19. In poetry, a group of lines forming a unit is called a:
a) Stanza
b) Verse
c) Paragraph
d) Couplet
Answer: a) Stanza
20. Which novel features the characters Lennie Small and George Milton?
a) The Old Man and the Sea
b) Of Mice and Men
c) The Grapes of Wrath
d) The Catcher in the Rye
Answer: b) Of Mice and Men
Biology
