CPP Flashcards

1
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Historians generally believe that the tulip was introduced into Europe. When the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I acquired the bulbs in Turkey and sent them to a Flemish botanist named Charles de I’Ecluse. What is the correct punctuation mark in this sentence?

A

,

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2
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The popularity of the tulip immediately spread and developed into what become known as “Tulip Mania” in the Netherlands.

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None

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3
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The solid-colored tulips started the craze but it was the multicolored tulips that were most popular and brought the most money.

A

,

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4
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Is the new student coming out to lunch with….?

Which word or phrase to complete the phrase,

A

Us

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5
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…. picking up groceries one of the things you are supposed to do?

A

Is

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6
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…. screaming took the shopkeeper by surprise.

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Our

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7
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What is the error in usage, punctuation, or grammer?

A

The longest word recorded in an English dictionary are “Pneumonouktramioroscopicsilicouolcanokoniosis.”

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8
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Same question #7

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The largest catfish ever catch is 646 pounds, the size of an adult brown bear.

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9
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Same question #7

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Through a highly influentially anthropologist, Claude Levi-Strauss often took criticism for spending little time in the field studying real cultures.

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10
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Same question #7

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It is easy to get confused when calculating time differences between time zone a useful way to remember them is that the Atlantic Ocean starts with A, as in A.M, and the Pacific Ocean starts with P, as in P.M.

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11
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Same question #7

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The surrealists were a group of artists who believed that art should reflect the subconscious mind, their images are often dreamlike, showing businessmen falling like rain over a city and melting clocks.

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12
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Same question #7

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“Orange is my favorite color, but not my favorite fruit.” said Lisa.

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13
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Same question #7

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The deepest canyon, too.

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14
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Same question #7

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Pocahontas spent, the last year’s of her young life in England under the name Rebecca.

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Same question #7

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The Pima Indians of Arizona have remarkably high rates of diabetes and obesity some scientists believe the gene that causes this present day health crisis was actually of great value to the Pima’s ancestors who had to be retain glucose during periods of famine.

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