Test Your Cultural Literacy I.Q. » (Special Value)

There are born geniuses. Then there are the rest of us -- and even the most-schooled among us may have gaps in our cultural literacy, our general knowledge of culture, history, and world events. Test Your Cultural Literacy I.Q. brings you up to speed with hundreds of entertaining questions in more than a dozen categories, including:

American & World History • Geography • Science • Art & Architecture • Music • Literature • Myth & Religion • Quotes • Current Events

Packed with multiple-choice questions (and their answers, of course), this stimulating volume can help you develop your own cultural literacy -- or challenge other trivia buffs in a fun and educational meeting of the minds!

Test Your Cultural Literacy I.Q.

Introduction

Test-Taking Strategies

TEST 1 Conceived in Liberty: American History

TEST 2 What's Past Is Prologue: World History

TEST 3 We the People: Civics

TEST 4 Spaceship Earth: Geography

TEST 5 Worth a Thousand Words: Art and Architecture

TEST 6 The Food of Love: Music

TEST 7 All's Right with the World: Myth and Religion

TEST 8 A Well-Turned Phrase: Quotes, Phrases, and Aphorisms

TEST 9 Of Thee I Sing: American Literature

TEST 10 Mightier Than the Sword: World Literature

TEST 11 The Birds and the Bees: Life Science

TEST 12 A Swiftly Tilting Planet: Physical Science

TEST 13 The Wave of the Future: Technology

TEST 14 The Queen of the Sciences and the Dismal Science: Mathematics and Economics

Answer Sheets

Suggested Reading

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