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1. Which of the following idioms means a "complete surprise"?
2. In the criminal justice system in America, what does the acronym RAP in RAP sheet stand for?
3. Christopher Marlowe and Johann von Goethe both wrote fictionalized accounts of the life of German Renaissance figure Johann Georg Faust. Faust (or Faustus, as Marlowe called him) is popularly accused of what supernatural crime?
4. Which of these verbs is closest in meaning to your intention if you twist someone's arm?
5. Language is evolving all the time, especially in Australia. In 2022, which of these does NOT apply to "RAT"?
6. Amy Ray's 2018 recording of "Sparrow's Boogie" begins "Chicken scratching for a living was a hardscrabble life." What does "hardscrabble" mean?
7. Which legendary man is said to have ridden horses named Llamrei, Hengroen and Passelande?
8. T.S.Eliot's poetic-drama "Murder in the Cathedral" (1935) is set where?
9. The word "fiddle" can have different meanings. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
10. Which of these is the correct spelling of the eighth letter of the English alphabet?
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