Vocab Quiz Color Line

What is the meaning of barring as it is used in the sentence: "He had been particularly troubled by the policy of barring African Americans from grandstand seating in St. Louis, when he worked for the Cardinals."

• Bullying

• Excluding

• Unequal payment

• Accepting

"The first black baseball player to cross the "color line" would be subjected to intense public scrutiny and Rickey knew that the player would have to be more than just a talented athlete." Which word can be used instead of scrutiny?

• Torment

• Hatred

• Judgement

• Inspection

"The black press and some of their white colleagues had long campaigned for the integration of baseball." What is the meaning of integration based on the sentence?

• Equal opportunity and consideration to a group

• Becoming widespread

• Different parts

"The noted sportswriter Red Smith fondly summed up Rickey's multi-faceted persona: "player, manager, executive, lawyer, etc." What is the meaning of multi-faceted as it is used in the sentence?

• Having a series of issues

• Having several aspects

• Having several faces

• Having several jobs

What words or phrases help you to understand the meaning of "multi-faceted"?

• "fondly summed up"

• "noted sports writer"

• "player, manager, executive,..."

"Robinson faced a court martial for refusing to obey an order to move to the back of the bus. The order was a violation of Army regulations, and he was exonerated." Based on the sentence, what can you infer is the meaning of exonerated?

• Found guilty in court

• Blamed unjustly

• Cleared from accusation

• Wrongly imprisoned

"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?" Which word (s) could replace deferred?

• given up

• taken away

• destroyed

• delayed

"Or fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?" What is the meaning of fester as it is used in the sentence?

• to spread throughout

• to make inflamed

• become worse

• to heal

"My grandfather was born into slavery, and although my mother and my father, Mallie and Jerry Robinson, lived during an era when physical slavery had been abolished, they also lived in a newer kind of slavery..." What is the meaning of abolished as it is used in the sentence?

• to completely do away with something

• to completely forget

• to make illegal

• to escape from

"After my father left, my mother had the choice of going home to live with her people or trying to pacify the irate plantation owner. He had never forgiven her for forcing my father to ask for more money..." What is the meaning of irate based on the sentence?

• emotion arising from anger

• emotion arising from sadness

• emotion arising from happiness

• emotion arising from disgust