Vocabulary WW8-13 Quiz

Holland is known throughout the world as the land of flowers. The Dutch people seem to have a special _____________ for growing tulips.

• flair

• synonymous

• asset

• contagious

It's hard to think of Holland without thinking of tulips, and of tulips withouth thinking of Holland. Tulips and Holland are __________________.

• flair

• synonymous

• asset

• contagious

People got caught up in the mood of the times and became almost giddy with excitement. Enthusiasm is ____________________ and helpful to fuel the buying frenzy.

• innovative

• barter

• asset

• contagious

People sold whatever they had to raise money. A carpenter might sell his tools, his only _______________, in order to make a down payment on a tulip bulb.

• assailment

• barter

• asset

• contemplation

Prices reached their peak at the sale of Winkel's tulips. As people _____________ where prices might go next, they panicked.

• deterred

• assailed

• assisted

• contemplated

Soon people were willing to sell at almost any price. They were ____________ by fears that their bulbs were, or soon would be, worthless.

• stymied

• assailed

• manic

• forfeited

Some discovered they had exchanged the house they grew up in for tulips that were now worthless. These unfortunate people had to ___________ the family home.

• stymie

• wrangle

• mania

• forfeit

It's not surprising that both buyers and sellers were unable to reach an agreement. They were ____________ by the fact that each side had so much to lose.

• stymied

• wrangling

• ardorous

• feigned

The Dutch courts tried to impose various settlements. Despite this, the ___________ among the parties victimized by the tulip craze continued.

• flair

• wrangling

• ardorous

• feigned

A person who is intensely eager or passionate is…?