C2 multiple choice cloze

Multiple Choice

Atlantis

While scholars almost universally have considered the story of Atlantis little more than a fine (1) ______?,

• yolk

• yell

• yarn

• yard

Multiple Choice

does the fact alone preclude it (2) _______? being true?

• from

• at

• by

• for

Multiple Choice

Though the story is written as an imaginary dialogue, it contains a (3) ______ ? of detail that seems out of place in a piece of pure fiction.

• wealth

• source

• riches

• treasure

Multiple Choice

Additionally, Plato himself implies that the story was true and takes great (4) _________ ? to explain how the story came to him through various intermediaries.

• care

• pride

• delight

• pains

Multiple Choice

Why employ such an elaborate (5) ________? if it was intended purely as a fable?

• rite

• ruse

• totem

• braid

Multiple Choice

Unless we are prepared to accept that Plato lied, which would seem (6) ______? with history's view of him as one of the most ethical men of the ancient world,

• inconsistent

• erratic

• contrary

• variable

Multiple Choice

it seems presumptuous to simply dismiss it as a work of fiction and leave it (7) ________ ? that.

• with

• as

• like

• at

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On the other hand, there is no especially compelling reason to assume Plato could not have been duped himself, as so erroneously portrayed a purely (8) _____? story as fact; after all, anyone – even the greatest individual of all time, or so one would imagine – is capable of being deceived.

• fictional

• fractius

• fictitious

• fricative