NON APP COTW Section 1 Quiz

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part.

"Why were they keeping him pent up in this narrow crate? He did not know why, but he felt oppressed by the vague sense of impending calamity."

• a. State or quality of

• b. About to happen

• c. Great misfortune or disaster

• d. Having the form of

Identify the meaning of the underlined word part. "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend."

• a. State or quality of

• b. About to happen

• c. Great misfortune or disaster

• d. Having the form of

Choose a SYNONYM for the term impending.

• a. Remote

• b. Distant

• c. Imminent

• d. Far away

Choose a SYNONYM for the term calamity

• a. Calmness

• b. Distant

• c. Imminent

• d. Disaster

"Why were they keeping him pent up in this narrow crate? He did not know why, but he felt oppressed by the vague sense of impending calamity." Choose the correct SYNONYM.

• a. Miracle

• b. Fortune

• c. Luck

• d. Disaster

It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway." Choose the correct SYNONYM.

• a. Primeval

• b. Present

• c. Contemporary

• d. Advanced

"There he lay for the remainder of the weary night, nursing his wrath and wounded pride. He could not understand what it all meant..." This is an example of...

• a. Metaphor

• b. Metamorphosed

• c. Anthropomorphism

• d. Sensory Details

Jack London uses the main character in The Call of the Wild to provide an example of _________________.

• a. Metaphor

• b. Metamorphosed

• c. Anthropomorphism

• d. Sensory Details

 Buck feels an ____________ sense of doom and disaster with each jolting stop of the journey and each encounter with man.

• a. Impending

• b. Metamorphosed

• c. Anthropomorphism

• d. Calamity

 Buck feels an impending sense of _____________and disaster with each jolting stop of the journey and each encounter with man.

• a. Impending

• b. Metamorphosed

• c. Anthropomorphism

• d. Calamity