{"id":2306,"date":"2011-09-02T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T08:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2014-07-17T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:23:14","slug":"check-your-russian-knowledge-pop-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/check-your-russian-knowledge-pop-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Your Russian Knowledge – Pop Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer is over, at least the summer break part of it. Or as a once-popular Russian song goes, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0412\u043e\u0442 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e<\/span>, <\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a <\/strong>\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u044b\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [So the summer is over, as if it\u2019s never happened]. It is time for many of us to get back to \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0431\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [studying].<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been reading this blog for a while, you already know a lot about 1st<\/sup> of September in Russia. In fact, last year we had an entire post about this day and the tradition<\/a> of \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [first ringing of a bell].<\/p>\n

You also probably remember that \u00ab<\/strong>\u041a\u0430\u043a <\/strong>\u044f <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0451<\/span>\u043b <\/strong>\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [How I spent the summer] is the first essay of the year for many Russian students<\/a>. While \u00ab<\/strong>\u0448\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [male students] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0448\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [female students] are busy writing their essays, their \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [male teachers] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [female teachers] are busy figuring out just how much of what was taught last year stuck around. Summer vacations are sweet; learning loss – not so much.<\/p>\n

So let me assume for a moment a role of \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [strict] \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [informal: female teacher]. And you will be \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [my students].<\/p>\n

To celebrate \u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435 <\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span> – <\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [1st<\/sup> of September – The Day of Knowledge], here is a pop quiz. But don\u2019t be nervous. I provided links to the answers. They are in the posts published on the blog from September 2010 to May 2011.<\/p>\n

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Pop Quiz:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Graphomania refers to an obsessive impulse to \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> or \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong>? (Read Same-Same But Different – Part III<\/a> for the correct answer)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00ab_________ <\/strong>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u044e <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [Russia cannot be understood \u00a0_____ alone] (Read this post<\/a> for the answer)<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [by letter]<\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u0422\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [by labor]<\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0423\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [by mind]<\/p>\n

d. \u00ab\u041c\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0433\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [by brain]<\/p>\n

3. What fairy tale structure has a habit of \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u043a <\/strong>\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0443 <\/strong>\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [turning its backside to the forest]? (Brush up on Russian fairy tales<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Is this a grammatically correct Russian sentence: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0425\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043e<\/span>!\u00bb<\/strong> (Here\u2019s a clue<\/a>; also here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u0414\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Yes]<\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u041d\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [No]<\/p>\n

c. \u00ab<\/strong>\u0421\u043c\u0435\u0451<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044c<\/strong>?!\u00bb<\/strong> [Are you kidding me?!]<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Translate into English (or your native language): \u00ab<\/strong>\u042f <\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0447\u0443<\/span> <\/strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c. <\/strong>\u0412 <\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0435 <\/strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0435\u0434\u0430<\/span>.\u00bb<\/strong> [If confused, review the post about<\/a> \u00ab<\/strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong>]<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0What is NOT a remedy for a common cold? (Check out Russian folk remedies<\/a>)<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u0421\u0432\u0451\u043a\u043b\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [beetroot]<\/p>\n

b. \u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/span> <\/strong>\u0441 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [milk with baking soda]<\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0413\u043e\u0440\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [ground mustard]<\/p>\n

d. What are you talking about? All of them work!<\/p>\n

e. What are you talking about? None of these work!<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Complete this well-known phrase: \u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435 <\/strong>\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0430 <\/strong>\u0432 ________\u00bb<\/strong> (The answer is here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u041f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u0412\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043a\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0421\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

d. \u00ab\u0427\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0433\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

e. \u00ab\u041f\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

f. \u00ab\u0421\u0443\u0431\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

g. \u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0435\u00bb <\/strong><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Another multiple choice for you: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0412 <\/strong>\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0435 <\/strong>\u0431\u0443\u0437\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span>, <\/strong>\u0430 <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0435 _________\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u0414\u044f<\/span>\u0434\u044c\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u0422\u0451<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0414\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

d. \u00ab\u0420\u0435<\/span>\u043f\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00ab\u0412 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043c \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0443<\/span> \u044f \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0443 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e-\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043e<\/span>\/\u043b\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [This year I will speak Russian well\/better]. (Yes, there is no wrong answer here, but read this grammar post<\/a> for extra credit)<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0The 129-tile \u00ab<\/strong>\u042d\u0440\u0443\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> and the 104-tile \u00ab<\/strong>\u0421\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> are both Russian versions of which of these board games<\/a><\/p>\n

a. Monopoly<\/p>\n

b. Scrabble<\/p>\n

c. Trivial Pursuit<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0What word\/phrase describes the process of making \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [pelmeni<\/a>] the best:<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u041d\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [Tedious]<\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u0421\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [Boring]<\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0422\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0451<\/span>\u043c\u043a\u0438\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [Labor-intensive]<\/p>\n

d. All of the above, but the results are so worth it!<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0Who is \u00ab<\/strong>\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0440 <\/strong>\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 <\/strong>\u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin<\/a>] (and more about Pushkin<\/a>):<\/p>\n

a. Russia\u2019s most celebrated poet<\/p>\n

b. A guy who\u2019s supposed to do your homework, shut off the bathroom light, straighten things up, etc.<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0Complete the pair \u00ab<\/strong>\u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439 – <\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u00bb, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 – <\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u00bb, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0438\u0439 – ________\u00bb<\/strong> (Need to brush up on the short form adjectives<\/a>?)<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0\u00ab<\/strong>\u0412 <\/strong>\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0435 <\/strong>\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, <\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u043a ________\u00bb<\/strong> (Here\u2019s the post on marriage<\/a> wisdom)<\/p>\n

a. \u00ab\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [drudge]<\/p>\n

b. \u00ab\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [have fun]<\/p>\n

c. \u00ab\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [toil]<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0How many Moscow<\/a>s are in the United States?<\/p>\n

a. 5<\/p>\n

b. 12<\/p>\n

c. 27<\/p>\n

d. Not sure, but let me Google it.<\/p>\n

How did you do? For super-overachievers or if you skipped the quiz (did I mention it was totally optional), share with the rest of the class how you spent the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

The summer is over, at least the summer break part of it. Or as a once-popular Russian song goes, \u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u0438 \u043b\u0435\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0435\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043b\u043e\u00bb [So the summer is over, as if it\u2019s never happened]. It is time for many of us to get back to \u00ab\u0443\u0447\u0451\u0431\u0430\u00bb [studying]. If you\u2019ve been reading this…<\/p>\n

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