Quiz-Greek Roots/Memoir vs. Autobiography

What does the root word "mem" mean?

• life

• time

• to think

• NONE of the above

What does the root word "bio" mean?

• ancient, beginning, first

• life

• human-being, man, man-like

• NONE of the above

What does the root word "anthrop" mean?

• self

• human-being, man, man-like

• life

• NONE of the above

What does the root word "chron" mean?

• life

• time

• ancient, beginning, first

• NONE of the above

What does the root word "auto" mean ?

• life

• human-being, man, man-like

• self

• NONE of the above

What does the root word "arch" mean ?

• ancient, beginning, first

• to think

• life

• NONE of the above

Which root is found in the word "philanthropist"?

• auto

• arch

• anthrop

• NONE of the above

Which root is found in the word "anachronism"?

• anthrop

• auto

• chron

• arh

I have had "chronic" pain in my knee for 10 years. If you know the meaning of the root "chron", what do you think chronic means?

• continuing for a long time, such as pain or an illness that lasts for a very long time.

• a type of illness

• a pain that only humans can feel

The alien in the scary movie was an "anthropoid", so it could easily blend in with humans. If you know the meaning of the root "anthrop", what do you think "anthropoid" means?

• An animal found in mythology

• Resembling a human

• A scientist who studies ancient artifacts