"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - Review

This word means when someone is a nonmilitary citizen.

The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a _____________, if one might judge from his habit, which was that of a planter.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

This word means when someone has been identified with strong disapproval and has been sentenced for punishment, which is usually death.

These movements left the _____________ man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

This word means someone who is important or influential.

Death is a _____________ who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

This word means the rules of governing socially acceptable behavior.

In the code of military ___________silence and fixity are forms of deference.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

This word means showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

The company faced the bridge, staring __________, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

This word means to become or make sore from continuous rubbing.

[...] he ___________ under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

This word means actions that belong to operations aimed at achieving a particular goal.

Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous ___________ ending with the fall of Corinth [...]

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

This word refers to actions that may be described as characterized by pomp and stately display.

The lady had now brought the water, which the soldier drank. He thanked her _____________, bowed to her husband and rode away.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

This word means to escape, either physically or mentally.

“Suppose a man—a civilian and student of hanging— should __________ the picket post and perhaps get the better of the sentinel,” said Farquhar, smiling, “what could he accomplish?”

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

This word refers to a person who believes in the separation of the south from the north during the Civil War.

Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an original ____________ and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist