Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922

by Truman Lee Kelley; G. M. Ruch; Lewis M. Terman

Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 7. HISTORY AND LITERATURE

Draw a line under the word that makes the sentence true.

1	An elf is a kind of animal brownie dragon	1
2	"The Glass Slipper" reminds us of Ali Baba Cinderella Goldilocks	2
3	The first President of the United States was Adams Jefferson Washington	3
4	The shepherd boy who became king was David Saul Solomon	4
5	Columbus made his first voyage to America in 1492 1620 1776	5
6	The highest officer of a city is the alderman chief of police mayor	6
7	Apollo was the god of rivers the sun wind	7
8	A battle of the Revolution was Bull Run Bunker Hill Tippecanoe	8
9	The god of mischief was Asgard Loki Mimir	9
10	Mount Olympus is located in Greece Italy Washington	10
11	Hiawatha was written by Bryant Longfellow Whittier	11
12	The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 1781 1789	12
13	A name made famous by Longfellow is Matthew Arnold Admiral Dewey Paul Revere	13
14	Kings are supposed to rule for 4 years 8 years life	14
15	"The Children's Hour" was written by Longfellow Riley Stevenson	15
16	The Quakers came from England France Holland	16
17	Ulysses captured Troy by hiding in a forest load of hay wooden horse	17
18	The country which helped America in the Revolution was England France Germany	18
19	Goliath was slain by David Joseph Samson	19
20	Thor lost his armor chariot hammer	20
21	"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Alger Sewell Stowe	21
22	Louisiana was purchased by Jefferson Madison Polk	22
23	Peter Pan is the name of a boy dog fairy	23
24	The slaves were freed by Jefferson Lincoln Washington	24
25	The first white man to see the Pacific was Balboa Cabot Vespucci	25
26	The United States was allied in the Great War with Bulgaria France Turkey	26
27	"Treasure Island" tells about Long John Micawber Uncas	27
28	Madame Curie is noted for the discovery of platinum radium pyrite	28
29	"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Alcott Burns Key	29
30	The earliest of these inventions was railroad stagecoach steamboat	30
31	Foreigners can obtain the right to vote by habeas corpus naturalization purchase	31
32	"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells about Ichabod Crane Hiawatha Pinocchio	32
33	Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant Sheridan Sherman	33
34	New York was settled by the Dutch English French	34
35	Minnehaha means falling leaves laughing waters whispering pines	35
36	The most important qualification for a voter is generosity intelligence wealth	36
37	The king who let the cakes burn was Alfred Arthur William	37
38	Inability to pay debts is called bankruptcy embezzlement vagrancy	38
39	The messenger of the gods was called Mercury Perseus Vulcan	39
40	Virginia was settled by the English French Spanish	40
41	"Oliver Twist" was written by Dickens Scott Thackeray	41
42	Roger Williams was a colonizer judge merchant	42
43	Valley Forge relates to the Civil War Revolution War of 1812	43
44	Sherlock Holmes was a detective sailor thief	44
45	A man who betrayed his country was Arnold Cornwall Lee	45
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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 7, CONTINUED

46	The number of United States Senators from each state is 1 2 4	46
47	"The Man Without a Country" was written by Cooper Hawthorne Hale	47
48	A general in the Civil War was Lincoln Sherman Washington	48
49	The name "Old Ironsides" refers to a man mountain ship	49
50	A President who was assassinated was Garfield Roosevelt Taylor	50
51	The British Prime Minister in 1918 was Lloyd George Balfour Asquith	51
52	The Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton Jenny Lind Rockefeller	52
53	Legal authority over a dead man's estate is given to an administrator judge jury	53
51	Barbara Frietchie sympathized with the English South Union	54
55	Grover Cleveland was a general an inventor a President	55
56	The crime which brings the greatest punishment is larceny manslaughter murder	56
57	The chief cause of the Mexican War was disputed territory immigration slavery	57
58	The stork reminds us of Holland Italy Scotland	58
59	Cornwallis surrendered at Appomattox Bunker Hill Yorktown	59
60	"Treasure Island" was written by Alger Defoe Stevenson	60
61	The "spoils system" refers to farming political offices tariff	61
62	Jesus was betrayed by Herod Judas Pilate	62
63	Louisiana was purchased from the French Indians Spanish	63
64	The son of Abraham was Isaac Moses Solomon	64
65	Lewis and Clark explored The Great Lakes The Mississippi Valley The Northwest	65
66	The number of men in the Light Brigade was 600 500 400	66
67	The War of 1812 was fought against England Mexico Spain	67
68	Among the allies of Germany was Belgium Bulgaria Roumania	68
69	One of Robin Hood's men was Ivanhoe Lancelot Little John	69
70	Each state has the power to coin money declare war establish schools	70
71	A great Scotch poet was Burns Chaucer Milton	71
72	The General who surrendered at Yorktown was Burgoyne Cornwallis Lafayette	72
73	A gnome is a kind of dwarf giant priest	73
74	"Treasure Island" tells about Black Dog Fagin Miss Hazy	74
75	The vessel which overcame the Merrimac was the Monitor Old Ironsides Wasp	75
76	A man known for his strength was Abel David Samson	76
77	One who lives in the poorhouse is legally a bankrupt delinquent pauper	77
78	"A Tale of Two Cities" tells of the American Revolution Civil War French Revolution	78
79	Ivanhoe is a character from Dickens Scott Wordsworth	79
80	Circa changed the men of Odysseus into horses stones swine	80
81	In 1917 there was a great Revolution in Germany Russia Turkey	81
82	A writer of mystery tales was Dickens Poe Scott	82
83	"Styx" was the name of a giant god river	83
84	A city is most likely to own its electric lights gas plant water system	84
85	The author of "Innocents Abroad" is Hawthorne Stevenson Mark Twain	85
86	The American Revolution was chiefly a dispute over boundary lines slavery taxation	86
87	"The Last of the Mohicans" was Hiawatha Mowgli Uncas	87
88	Wallace Irwin is an actor baseball player writer	88
89	Coleridge wrote "Ancient Mariner" "Hiawatha" "Thanatopsis"	89
90	The Chautauqua is a kind of entertainment museum music	90
91	A word that means exactly the opposite of joy is sad sorrow sorry	91
92	Marco Polo was a famous philosopher traveler warrior	92
93	"The Charge of the Light Brigade" was written by Burns Longfellow Tennyson	93
94	The Mohammedan Bible is the Bagavad-gita Koran Zend-Avesta	94
95	The singular of "are" is is was were	95
Number right . . . . . . . . . . Number wrong . . . . . . . . . . ÷ 2 = . . . . . . . . . . Test 7. Score (subtract) . . . . . . . . . .

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Adv. Exam.: Form A