Upper Intermediate Level Video Quizzes: 
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General Directions:
 
 
First, read the questions below BEFORE watching the video.
 
Second, watch the video ONCE all the way through.
 
Third, try to answer as many questions as possible without re-watching the video.
 
Fourth, watch the video a second time and again try to answer the remaining questions.
 
Lastly, answer any remaining questions with the help of the video, Ie; rewind, pause, etc..
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From Lesson #9

Sex and the City - American English

Watch this Sex and the City preview (of the movie) and answer the questions.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=W763oSg0fQE

1. What is New York City all about?

2. What page of his newspaper should he turn to?

3. Carrie has a theory about shopping.  What is it?

4. Why do women need really special shoes?

5. Where does Carrie say she doesn't belong?

6. What is the one day that every New York City woman dreams of?

7. What does, "I can have my cake and eat it too," mean?

8. What is a "cheat sheet?"

9. Why is New York the perfect place to be single?

10.  Why did the last woman move to New York?

Quiz #6   American English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgP4Se3X-uQ&feature=related

1.       What do some people not have?

2.       What should you go with?

3.       Make what your personal policy?

4.       What does “cut your losses” mean?

5.       What should you question?

6.       How many people will blindly obey authority?

7.       What should you suspect?

Quiz #5 (3:55)   American English

Conclusion of the the well-known documentary by filmmaker: Michael Moore entitled, Fahrenheit 911.  This highly critiqued film explores the real (or possible) motivations behind the Bush administration's actions before, during and after that fateful day of September 11th, 2001.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lew6DS9wEyI&feature=related

Fill-In the missing words in the script below.

Of course, not a single member
of Congress...
... wanted to sacrifice their _______
for the war in Iraq.

And who could blame them?

Who would wanna give up
their child?

Would you?

_______   _____?

I've always been amazed
that the very people...

... forced to live in the worst
parts of town...
... go to the worst __________
and who have it the hardest...
... are always the first to step up
to defend that very ____________.
They serve so that we don't have to.
They offer to give up their ___________
so that we can be free.

It is remarkable, their gift to us.

And all they ask for in return...
...is that we ___________ send them
into harm's way...
... unless it's absolutely necessary.

Will they ever _________ us again?

He had used weapons.

We know where they are.
they're in the __________ around Tikrit,and Baghdad
and east, west, south and north.

There is a tie between Iraq
and what ___________ on 911.

The struggle can only end...
...with their complete
and permanent _____________.

We wage a war to save
civilization itself.
We did not _________ it.
But we will fight it,
and we will _____________.

George Orwell once wrote...
...that, "It's not a matter of whether
the war is not __________ or if it is.

Victory is not possible.

The war is not meant to be won.
It is __________ to be continuous.

A hierarchical society
is only possible on the basis of poverty
and ____________.

This new version is the past...
... and no different past
can ever have existed.

In principle, the war ___________
is always planned...
... to keep society
on the brink of starvation.

The war is waged by the ruling group
against its own ____________.
And its object is not the victory
over either Eurasia or East Asia...
... but to keep the very
_____________ of society intact. "

Quiz #4 (3:55)  -  (British English)

Listen as British MP George Galloway (falsely accused of taking bribes from Saddam Hussein), takes on the U.S Senate, and then answer the comprehension questions listed below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdFFCnYtbk

1.  What does he say he gave his 'heart and soul' to oppose?

2.  What did he give his 'political life's blood' to try and stop?

3. What's the second thing he gave his 'heart and soul' for?

4. What 6 things did he tell the world?

5. What does "contrary to your claims" mean?

6. How many people have paid with their lives?

7. What 2 specific people does he mention,..."If the world had listend to..." (?)

8. What is a "smokescreen?"

9. How much of Iraq's wealth went missing in the first 14 months of occupation?

10.  How much money did they hand out to American military commanders?

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Quiz 3b  (1:05) (Soft)Australian English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_GLnJgjwIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_GLnJgjwI&feature=related

Russell Crowe interview about him being depicted in the cartoon South Park.

1. Who does Russell know and what were they doing?
2.  Did they ask for Russell's cooperation?  Y/N
3. What does Russell's use of the phrase "God Speed" mean?
4. What did Russell think his whole career was?
5. What is the name and loation of the hotel he is in now?