White Noise - Review

The _____________ that we observed here and there in the harbor bore mute testimony to the destructive power of the storm.

• flotsam

• atrophy

• grouse

• strategem

Peace is not just the absence of war but a positive state of ____________ among the nations of the world.

• grouse

• bastion

• atrophy

• concord

In Les Miserables, the wall surrounding the city of Paris serves as a ________ to protect the city from unwanted visitors.

• exigency

• incarcerate

• bastion

• incumbent

People who are used to the unhurried atmosphere of a country town often find it hard to cope with the ____________ pace of big-city life.

• frenetic

• jocular

• exigency

• flotsam

The Greeks used a clever _______ to gain access to the city of Troy by pretending to leave but instead hiding inside a wooden horse.

• strategem

• disarray

• concord

• bastion

Most people regarded the government's attempt to avoid a war by paying off the aggressor as not shameful but ____________.

• disarray

• pusillanimous

• recumbent

• frenetic

The defeated army fled in such ______________ that before long it had become little more than a uniformed mob.

• concord

• pusillanimous

• ludicrous

• disarray

Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ______________ artistry.

• jocular

• pecuniary

• consummate

• frenetic

Mark which half of the circle is the signified and which is the signifier.

a

b

Signifier

Signified

What is the name of Jack's town?

• Anytown

• Blacksmith

• It is never named

• Springfield