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QUESTIONS

1. Policing is a __________ organization.


@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern
Police Department; Question Type: MC
*a. paramilitary
b. solicitous
c. mid-level
d. consistent

2. There are approximately __________ police agencies serving the American people
today.
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location:
Introduction; Question Type: MC
a. 4,000
b. 8,000
*c. 18,000
d. 34,000

3. The right and authority granted to a police agency to administer justice in a


defined area of responsibility is called
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location:
Introduction; Question Type: MC
a. investigation agency
*b. jurisdiction
c. frankpledge
d. division of labor

4. Which type of society likely used kin policing?


@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location:
Types of Societies and Policing; Question Type: MC
a. Chiefdoms
b. Nations
*c. Tribes
d. States

5. The __________ system is a great example of a Chiefdom taking the informal means
of control that had existed in the bands and tribes and formalizing them for the
purpose of social control.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location:
Types of Societies and Policing; Question Type: MC
a. kin policing
*b. frankpledge
c. jurisdiction
d. court

6. The English system of policing began with the


@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. settling of Jamestown in Virginia
b. introduction of the Volstead Act
c. Sheriff of Nottingham
*d. Norman Conquest of 1066

7. Which individual would be more likely to be a member of the night watch in


England?
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. a homeless man
b. a female playwright
c. a noble lord
d. a keystone cop

8. Which position was added to protect the king’s interests throughout England?
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. the constable
b. the night watch
*c. the sheriff
d. the ward

9. Which system in England is associated with the phrase “it takes a thief to catch a
thief?”
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. the parliamentary reward system
b. the Robin Hood system
c. the watch-and-ward system
d. the frankpledge system
10. The bow street runners are most similar to
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The English
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. the thief-taker system
b. modern-day judges
*c. a modern police force
d. federal inmates

11. Who organized the first police department in history?


@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. Henry Fielding
*b. Robert Peel
c. Jonathan Wild
d. Patrick Colquhoun

12. What was the name of the first modern police department in the world?
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. the London Metropolitan Police
b. the New York City Police Department
c. the Boston Police Department
d. the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

13. All of the following differentiated the Boston Police Department from the
London Metropolitan Police Department EXCEPT
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. it was smaller
b. officers did not wear uniforms
*c. they were more effective at reducing crime.
d. officers did not have identifying badges

14. Which national event precipitated the rapid expansion of police departments
across the United States?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. The colonial settlement in Jamestown, Virginia
*b. the Civil War
c. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
d. the Vietnam War
15. America is presently in the __________ era of policing.
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. homeland security
b. political
c. community
d. reform

16. Which statement is TRUE of the political era of policing?


@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. The police during the political era were organized to protect and serve the public.
b. The political era of policing was a brief but progressive time in policing history.
*c. Although the political era of policing lasted about 100 years, little changed during
that time.
d. The political era was structured around America’s move to Prohibition.

17. Tom is a police officer during the political era. Joe is a modern-day officer. Which
task would Tom do that Joe would probably not?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. patrolling a beat
b. making an arrest
c. responding to a crime
*d. running a soup kitchen

18. Which term most accurately describes the role of police in the political machines
of the late 1800s?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. spoilers
*b. extortionists
c. patrons
d. moralists

19. Imagine you wanted to become a police officer under the patronage system in
New York City. Which step would you need to take first?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. pay a bribe
b. frequent a brothel
c. establish a relationship with the mayor
d. open a gambling hall

20. Inspector Alexander “Clubber” Williams is associated with which common


practice of American policing?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. the spoils system
b. the patronage system
*c. police brutality
d. voter intimidation

21. What was the catalyst for reforming the police in the early twentieth century?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. prohibition
b. the American Mafia
c. the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby
d. the sinking of the Titanic

22. What surprising action did August Vollmer take after he was elected town
marshal in 1905?
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. he opened a feed store
b. he prompted police use of the third degree
*c. he closed down gabling establishments
d. he created the Uniform Crime Reports

23. Which individual did not play a crucial role in policing during the reform era?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. J. Edgar Hoover
b. George Wickersham
*c. Thomas Byrnes
d. August Vollmer

24. Which individual was instrumental in the creation of the Uniform Crime
Reports?
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The American System of
Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. J. Edgar Hoover
b. George Wickersham
c. Thomas Byrnes
d. August Vollmer

25. During the reform era, the emphasis of the police was on
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. the political machine
b. police brutality
c. the birth cohort
*d. crime control

26. During the 1960s, police typically used __________ to handle __________
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The American System of
Policing; Question Type: MC
a. crime prevention, community relations
*b. old tactics, new problems
c. rapid response, civil rights protestors
d. enhanced interrogation, campus unrest

27. Community policing involves __________, while problem-oriented policing involves


__________.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: MC
*a. partnerships, problem-solving methods
b. problem-solving methods, partnerships
c. advocacy, protecting the community
d. protecting the community, advocacy

28. Which agency is almost always part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force?
@ Learning Objective: 6-6: Describe five different federal police agencies; Cognitive
Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American System of Policing;
Question Type: MC
a. the Department of Homeland Security
*b. the Federal Bureau of Investigation
c. the Central Intelligence Agency
d. the National Institutes of Justice
29. While a sheriff’s department is subordinate to a county administrator, a sheriff’s
office is
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America
Today; Question Type: MC
a. subordinate to the police chief
*b. an independent government entity
c. elected by the citizens of a state
d. a temporary stop-gap measure

30. Most state police officers in upstate New York are referred to as state troopers.
This suggests that New York’s model of policing is the __________ model.
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: Policing in America Today;
Question Type: MC
a. state police
b. municipal
*c. highway patrol
d. ranger

31. The majority of the federal law enforcement agencies in America fall under
either the Department of Justice or the
@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America Today;
Question Type: MC
a. Department of Defense
b. Institute of Justice
c. Special Jurisdiction
*d. Department of Homeland Security

32. Research on organizations and management has shown that the span of control
for leaders is
@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern Police
Departments; Question Type: MC
a. 1 or 2 personnel
*b. between 5 and 7 personnel
c. a maximum of 50 individuals
d. as high as 5,000 individuals

33. Almost all police departments, regardless of size, are organized around the three
responsibilities of
@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern
Police Departments; Question Type: MC
*a. patrol, investigations, and administrations
b. span of control, division of labor, and specializations
c. captains, lieutenants, and sergeants
d. prevention, deterrence, and control

34. Officer Melendez stops a speeding vehicle and issues a warning rather than a
ticket to the driver. Officer Melendez is using
@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Application; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern Police
Departments; Question Type: MC
a. division of labor
b. an abuse of power
*c. police discretion
d. corrupt tactics

35. Which policing responsibility is often considered the backbone of policing?


@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern
Police Departments; Question Type: MC
a. the power shift
b. administrative duties
c. special forces
*d. patrol operations

36. While most countries around the world have a __________ government, America
has a__________ form of government.
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Introduction;
Question Type: MC
a. decentralized, centralized
*b. centralized, decentralized
c. autonomous, tyrannical
d. tyrannical, autonomous

37. Compared to tribes, bands are


@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: Types of Societies and
Policing; Question Type: MC
a. kin-based
b. larger
*c. nomadic
d. aggressive

38. Which police practice would have been common during the political era?
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: MC
a. preventive patrol
*b. police brutality
c. rapid response
d. community policing

39. The system for how police and emergency response agencies will organize their
response to attacks and disasters is called the
@ Learning Objective: 6-6: Describe five different federal police agencies; Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The American System of Policing; Question
Type: MC
a. Department of Homeland Security
b. Federal Emergency Management Agency
c. Joint Terrorism Task Force
*d. Incident Command System

40. Approximately 25% of the police force in the U.S. is female.


@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern Police
Departments; Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

41. Sheriff’s departments are typically considered federal agencies.


@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Introduction; Question
Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

42. The creation of the first modern police department in Boston looked almost
identical to that in London.
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location:
The American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false
43. The majority of countries around the world have one national police force.
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location:
Introduction; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

44. The British term “Bobbies” refers to the first police department’s founder,
Robert Peel.
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
English System of Policing; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

45. Constables have all powers of sworn law enforcement officers EXCEPT the
power to arrest.
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America
Today; Question Type: MC
a. true
*b. false

46. Police during the political era patrolled the beat, responded to crimes, and made
arrests.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

47. The spoils system and the patronage system were vastly different.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

48. America’s move to Prohibition was the catalyst for reform in policing.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

49. The mafia first rose to power during the political era
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

50. Police during the political era were organized to protect and serve the political
machine.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

51. Following the era of homeland security, police have moved to an era of
community policing.
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The American
System of Policing; Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

52. The most common police agency in the U.S. is the state police.
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America
Today; Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

53. There are 50 state police agencies in the United States


@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: Policing in America Today;
Question Type: TF
a. true
*b. false

54. Native American reservations typically follow the laws of the tribe not those of
the United States.
@ Learning Objective: 6-5: Identify four types of special jurisdiction police agencies;
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America Today;
Question Type: TF
*a. true
b. false

55. The United States Marshals Service hunts down fugitives from __________ justice.
@ Learning Objective: 6-6: Describe five different federal police agencies; Cognitive
Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America Today; Question
Type: FIB
*a. federal

56. The father of American policing is __________.


@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location:
Policing in America Today; Question Type: FIB
*a. August Vollmer

57. After a police applicant passes all required tests, he or she undergoes training at
the police academy, which is then followed by __________ training.
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The Structure of
Modern Police Departments; Question Type: FIB
*a. field

58. American policing has moved through __________ eras.


@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: FIB
*a. four

59. America formed its first police department in the year


@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: FIB
*a. 1838

60. The __________ was created as a response to the terrorist attacks on September 11,
2001.
@ Learning Objective: 6-6: Describe five different federal police agencies; Cognitive
Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Policing in America Today; Question
Type: FIB
*a. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

61. During the reform era, police purchased __________ vehicles such as the Dodge
Dart and Chevy Caprice.
@ Learning Objective: 6-3: Explain the developments in policing during the four
main eras; Cognitive Domain: Knowledge; Answer Location: The American System
of Policing; Question Type: FIB
*a. police package

62. Which two factors often determine a police agency’s jurisdiction?


@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: Introduction; Question
Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; Geographical boundary and type of crime

63. Identify four types of tests an applicant must take in order to become a police
officer.
@ Learning Objective: 6-4: Distinguish between municipal, county, state, and federal
police; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The Structure of
Modern Police Departments; Question Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; Written, oral, physical, background, medical, psychological, and
polygraph

64. Why is it important to understand the English system of policing in order to


understand our system of policing in America?
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: Types of
Societies and Policing; Question Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; Our very own police system in the United States was brought over
with the English when America was nothing but an English colony beginning in
1607 with the settling of Jamestown in Virginia.

65. Identify one drawback of the professionalization of the police.


@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; The police became alienated from the community.

66. Which two concepts revolutionized policing at the end of the 20th century?
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Comprehension; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; Community policing and problem-oriented policing

67. How does the form of government in America pertain to policing in the U.S.?
@ Learning Objective: 6-1: Identify the influence of early societal development on
the emergencies of policing; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location:
Introduction; Question Type: SA
*a. Answers vary; The police officers are hired and employed by the national
government, all wear the same uniform of their nation’s police, and they all have
vehicles marking them as the nation’s police force. In America, however, because we
have a more decentralized form of government and because policing from its
inception was seen as a local responsibility, there is no national police force in the
U.S. So, rather than having one police department serving the entire country, we
have over 18,000 police agencies serving the American people today.

68. Describe the reforms of August Vollmer.


@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: ESS
*a. Answers vary; Vollmer was the first to field bicycles to all of his officers; he
created an early police academy, he developed in-service training for his officers, the
first crime lab in the United States, and the first program for police higher education
at the University of California at Berkeley. Vollmer was also instrumental in
educating many of America’s future police chiefs and he influenced them to develop
policing as a profession—what has become known as the professional model of
policing. Vollmer believed that just like doctors, dentists and lawyers, police officers
should be educated first in order to do their job and that they should have
professional standards and a code of ethics.

69. Describe the political machine in the late 1800s and how this affected policing.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: ESS
*a. Answers vary; It was a very corrupt system that did anything and everything to
gain power and—once in power—keep that power. Elections were far more vicious
than they are today, with politicians bribing voters with money, liquor, and other
forms of vice, and using strong-men and gangs to prevent certain groups from
voting—all depending on which party was currently in power. There was also a
strong relationship between the politicians and the businesses, as well as the vice
lords. The politicians accepted money from the businessmen in order to get elected
and, once elected, they continued to accept money to prevent any laws from being
passed that might hurt their businesses. For instance, if workers wanted to organize
into labor unions, businesses would pay the politicians to prevent laws from being
passed that would allow such organizations to exist, thus remaining in power by
pleasing the businesses. The vice lords, which were running such illegal operations
as gambling casinos, brothels, and keeping saloons open on the Sabbath, also had to
pay off the politicians in order to keep their corrupt businesses running so that they
could remain open and profitable. At the center of all of this, as an extension of the
political machine, were the police. The police during the political era were simply
doing the bidding of the political machine.

70. Discuss the reasons that some argue that the Boston Police Department was
considered the first official police department in the United States.
@ Learning Objective: 6-2: Evaluate the influence of the English system of policing
on the American system; Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The
American System of Policing; Question Type: ESS
*a. Answers vary; The Boston Police did not wear uniforms and were not issued
identifying badges. Their presence was felt less than their counterparts in England
and they were not very successful in reducing crime, and in fact, they were not
officially created until 1854 when both the watch and the ward were disbanded.
This is why many argue that the New York City Police Department was the first
official police department in the United States as it formed in 1845

71. Describe the organizational structure of the Houston Police Department.


@ Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain how police departments are structured;
Cognitive Domain: Analysis; Answer Location: The Structure of Modern Police
Departments; Question Type: ESS
*a. Answers vary; The Chief of Police, Chief Charles A. McClelland, Jr., is located at
the top of the chain-of-command for it is his job to both lead and manage the police
department. He has a staff of personnel who work for him and these are the
command staff. The next level consists of the mid-level managers such as “Traffic
Enforcement,” which is run by Captain Balmbridge. This Captain then has Sergeants
who serve as field supervisors, supervisors who oversee the line officers on the
street while they are engaged in traffic enforcement, and then the officers
themselves—the line officers.
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20.
What word is that, of two syllables, to which if you prefix one
letter, two letters, or two other letters, you form, in each instance, a
word of one syllable?
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21.
What was the favorite salad at the South, in the spring of 1861?
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22.

There was a thing, ’twas two days old


Ere Adam was, of yore;
Before that thing was five weeks old,
Adam was years four-score.

Answer

23.

What’s that which on four limbs doth move


When first it sees the light,
But walks erect on two at noon,
And creeps on three at night?
Answer

24.

A sailor launched a ship of force,


A cargo put therein, of course;
No goods had he he wished to sell;
Each wind did serve his turn as well;
To neither port nor harbor bound,
His greatest wish to run aground.

Answer

25.

A merry maid, whose pleasant name


Was my sweet FIRST. Under a tree
She sat, and sang my THIRD, as free
As the wild crows, that without dread,
My SECOND called above her head.
Anon she turned, (with a last look
Above, below,) unto her book—
My WHOLE the author. Guess the same.

Answer

26.
The three most forcible letters in our alphabet?
Answer
27.
The two which contain nothing?
Answer

28.
The four which express great corpulence?
Answer

29.
The four which indicate exalted station?
Answer

30.
The three which excite our tears?
Answer

31.
What foreign letter is an English title?
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32.
What foreign letter is a yard and a half long?
Answer

33.
What letter will unfasten an Irish lock?
Answer

34.
When was B the first letter of the alphabet, while E and O were
the only vowels?
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35.
What letter is always more or less heavily taxed?
Answer

36.
What letter is entirely out of fashion?
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37.
Why is praising people like a certain powerful opiate?
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38.
Prove that a man has five feet.
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39.

WHAT AM I?
I was once the harbinger of good to prisoners.
I add to the magnitude of a mighty river.
I am a small portion of a large ecclesiastical body.
I represent a certain form of vegetable growth.
A term used by our Lord in speaking to His disciples.
A subordinate part of a famous eulogy.
I am made useful in connection with the Great Western Railway.
Answer

40.

5005E1000E,

5005E1000E.
The name of a modern novel.
Answer

41.

Two words in French are often spoken;


Of home and love the fondest token:
But, strange to say it, one of these
Is English, from beyond the seas;
And though the thing seems quite absurd,
It means the same as t’other word.

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42.

You fain would win fair Julia’s heart—


“Have I the power?” you’d ask her,
But, from your lips the words won’t part—
“’Tis not an easy task, Sir!”
“I know ’tis not, for one so shy.”
“Well, how shall I begin, Sir?”
“Be what you ask her,” I reply,
“And, ten to one, you’ll win, Sir!”

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43.
My FIRST is company; my SECOND shuns company; my THIRD calls
together a company; and my WHOLE entertains company.
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44.

My FIRST is a sound, of tranquillity telling,—


A cozy and complaisant sound for your dwelling.
A place which for criminals fittest is reckoned,
Yet where saints find ineffable peace, is my SECOND.
Or, where niggardly natures, who hunger and thirst
For the wealth of this world, keep their hearts, is my FIRST;
While my SECOND’S a measure you’ll know at a glance,
For ’tis shortest in Flanders, and longest in France.

Oh! my WHOLE is a name widely known, well beloved,


A name blessed on earth, and in Heaven approved;
Crowned by Faith and Good Works with so holy a light
That angels, themselves, thrill with joy at the sight.

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45.
Dr. Whewell being asked by a young lady for his name “in cipher,”
handed her the following lines:

You 0 a 0, but I 0 thee,—


Oh, 0 no 0, but oh, 0 me;
And O, let my 0 no 0 go,
But give 0 0 I 0 you so!

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46.
Why was the execution of Charles the First voluntary on his part?
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47.
How is Poe’s “Raven” shown to have been a very dissipated
bird?
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48.
Set down four 9’s so as to make one hundred.
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49.
The cc 4 put 00000000.
si
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50.
John Doe to Richard Roe, Dr.
To 2 bronze boxes $3 00
1 wooden do 1 50
1 wood do 1 50
——

This bill was canceled by the payment of $1.50. How?


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51.
When was Cowper in debt?
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52.
What animal comes from the clouds?
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53.

My FIRST is one of mystic three,


Who go where goes true Liberty;
Sets with the sun, with him to rise,
Lives in the flame and with it dies;
Fades with the leaf that earthward flies.

My SECOND cleaves the morning air,


Floats through the evening still and fair;
Now soars beyond the mountain crest,
Now flutters downward to its rest,
Now broods upon some hidden nest.

My WHOLE long since the prairie trod,


Now rests beneath the prairie-sod;
Yet still upon the river stands,
And calls the stranger to the lands
Which Reminichia’s[1] cliff commands.

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54.

I saw a peacock with a fiery tail


I saw a blazing comet pour down hail
I saw a cloud all wrapt with ivy ’round
I saw a lofty oak creep on the ground
I saw a beetle swallow up a whale
I saw the foaming sea brimful of ale
I saw a pewter cup sixteen feet deep
I saw a well full of men’s tears that weep
I saw wet eyes in flames of living fire
I saw a house as high as the moon and higher
I saw the glorious sun at deep midnight
I saw the man who saw this wondrous sight!

An incredulous friend actually ventured to doubt the above plain


statement of facts, but was soon convinced of its literal truth.
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55.
Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head
was cut off.
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56.
At the time of a frightful accident, what is better than presence of
mind?
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57.
Why was the year preceding 1871 the same as the year following
it?
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58.
Why do “birds in their little nests agree?”
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59.
What did Io die of?
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60.
Why did a certain farmer out West name his favorite rooster
ROBINSON?
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61.
How do sailors know there’s a man in the moon?
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62.
How do sailors know Long Island?
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63.
What does a dog wear in warm weather, besides his collar?
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64.

If you transpose what ladies wear,


’Twill plainly show what bad men are:
Again, if you transpose the same,
You’ll see an ancient Hebrew’s name:
Change it again and it will show,
What all on earth desire to do.

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65.

Two brothers, wisely kept apart,


Together ne’er employed;
Though to one purpose we are bent,
Each takes a different side.

To us no head nor mouth belongs,


Yet plain our tongues appear;
With them we never speak a word,
Without them, useless are.

In blood and wounds we deal, yet good


In temper we are proved;
From passion we are always free,
Though oft with anger moved.

We travel much, yet prisoners are,


And close confined, to boot;
Can with the swiftest horse keep pace,
Yet always go on foot.

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66.
Translate:
Je suis capitaine de vingt-cinq soldats; et, sans moi, Paris serait
pris.
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67.
Je suis ce que je suis, et je ne suis pas ce que je suis. Si j’étais
ce que je suis, je ne serais pas ce que je suis.
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68.

Mus cucurrit plenum sed


Contra meum magnum ad!
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69.
Mens tuum ego!
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70.
The title of a book: Castra tintinnabula Poëmata.
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71.
Motto on a Chinese box: Tu doces!
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72.

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73.
Translate:
Quis crudus enim lectus, albus, et spiravit!
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74.
Ecrivez: “J’ai grand appétit,” en deux lettres.
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75.

Monosyllabic I, and a reptile, I trow;


But, cut me in twain, I form syllables two.
I’m English, I’m Latin, the one and the other;
And what’s Latin for one half, is English for t’other.

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76.

Ever running on my race,


Never staying in one place,
Through the world I make my tour
Everywhere at the same hour.
If you please to spell my name,
Backward, forward, ’tis the same.

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77.
In my FIRST my SECOND sat; my THIRD and FOURTH I ate; and yet I
was my WHOLE.
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78.

TONIS A DRESTO MARE.


O Mare! Eva si formæ,
Formæ ure tonitru;
Iambicum as amandum,
Olet Hymen promptu!
Mihi his vetas annæ se,
As humano erebi;
Olet mecum, mare, to te,
Or Eta Beta Pi.

Alas, plano more meretrix;


Mi ardor vel uno,
Inferiam ure artis base
Tolerat me urebo.
Ah me! ve ara scilicet
To laudu vimin thus.
Hiatu as arandum sex—
Illuc Ionicus!

Heu! sed heu! vixin, imago,


Mi missis mare sta!
O cantu redit in mihi
Hibernus arida?

Everi dafur heri si;


Mihi resolves indu;
Totius, olet Hymen cum
Accepta tonitru!

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79.

From these five squares take three of the


fifteen sides, and leave three squares.
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80.

Divide this figure into four equal and


uniform parts.
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81.

Four things there are all of a height,


One of them crooked, the rest upright.
Take three away, and you will find
Exactly ten remains behind:
But, if you cut the four in twain,
You’ll find one-half doth eight retain.

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82.
To divide eight gallons of vinegar equally between two persons;
using only an eight-gallon, a five-gallon, and a three-gallon
measure?
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83.
A certain miller takes “for toll” one tenth of the meal or flour he
grinds. What quantity must he grind in order that a customer may
have just a bushel of meal after the toll has been taken?
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84.
To prove that two are equal to one:
Let x = a: Then, x2 = ax,
x2 − a2 = ax − a2,
(x + a)(x − a) = a(x − a),
x + a = a,
2a = a,
2 = 1. Q. E. D.
Where is the fallacy?
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85.
As two Arabs, who had for sole provision, the one five, and the
other three loaves of bread, were about to take their noonday meal
in company, they were joined by a stranger who proposed to
purchase a third part of their food. In payment he gave them, when
their repast was finished, eight pieces of silver, and they, unable to
agree as to the division of the sum referred the matter to the nearest
Cadi, who gave seven pieces to the owner of the five loaves, and but
one piece to the owner of the three loaves. And the Cadi was right.
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86.
A man went to a store and bought a pair of boots for six dollars.
He put down a ten dollar bill, and the merchant having no change,
sent for it to a neighboring bank, and gave it to him. Later in the day
one of the bank clerks came in to say that the ten dollar bill was a
bad one, and insisted that the merchant should make it right, which
he did. Now, how much did he lose by the whole transaction?
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87.
A man bought twelve herrings for a shilling; some were two
pence apiece, some a halfpenny, and some a farthing. How many
did he buy of each kind?
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88.

My FIRST is the last of me;


My SECOND is not so much;
And my WHOLE is entirely destitute of my FIRST.

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89.

There is a word of plural number,


A foe to peace and tranquil slumber;
Now, any word you chance to take,
Adding an s will plural make;
But if you add an s to this,
How strange the metamorphosis!
Plural is plural then no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.

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90.

“Charge, Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on!”


Were the last words of Marmion.
Had I been in Stanley’s place,
When Marmion urged him to the chase,
You then would very soon descry,
What brings a tear to every eye.

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