Wordly Wise Book 9 Lesson 1

There are those who believe that “small is beautiful.” This is a ________that Gutzon Borglum would not agree with.

• Maxim

• bewail

• intermittence

• insuperable

After settling in New York City in 1901, Borglum achieved an international reputation as a sculptor. He __________ the idea that “bigger is better” and acted on his belief.

• extol

• extoled

• extolled

• extols

2. Borglum believed that American artists had been too timid. He __________ the fact that the country lacked works of art on a monumental scale.

• bewail

• detract

• bewailed

• detracted

The Mount Rushmore project was just what Borglum had been looking for. South Dakota’s state historian did not have to ___________ him into accepting.

• wheedle

• emacipate

• emacipated

• wheedled

It’s not clear why Borglum chose to sculpt four faces. Others might have chosen three or even five __________.

• visage

• visages

• visaged

• visaging

It was suggested that Susan B. Anthony join Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. She led the drive to ___________ women from laws that denied them civil rights.

• emancipate

• emancipated

• amancipate

• amancipated

Borglum kept tight control over the Mount Rushmore project. It was _____________ for those working for him to do whatever he said.

• obligatory

• vagabond

• plumb

• destitute

The project ran into financial problems in the 1930s. The flow of money for Mount Rushmore began to come only _____________.

• intermittent

• intermittence

• intermittently

• intermit

Borglum spent money freely as he made it. Hiring chauffeurs for his flashy cars is one example of his __________.

• impetus

• flamboyance

• flamboyant

• impetusly

As a result, Borglum was penniless when he died in 1941. His ____________ had been caused by his extravagant lifestyle.

• destituted

• destitution

• destitute

• destitutes