Multiple Choice Quiz

What does the word "eliminate" mean in the given context?

• To introduce

• To decrease

• To get rid of

• To enhance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of "drastic" in the sentence, "Drastic new measures were drawn up by the king to decrease the county's crime rate"?

• Minor

• Insignificant

• Severe

• Slow

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What does "comply" mean in the sentence, "The experiment required that all test subjects comply with the tester’s guidelines"?

• Refuse

• Accept

• Adhere

• Alter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "prefaced" in the sentence, "The senator’s short speech prefaced the presidential speech that followed"?

• Concluded

• Followed

• Began

• Introduced

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "conjecture" mean in the sentence, "The scientist made wild conjectures relating the use of toothpaste to hair loss"?

• Hypothesis

• Proof

• Fact

• Observation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does "superiority" mean in the sentence, "The leader of the battalion felt that his intelligence far exceeded everyone around him"?

• Equality

• Inferiority

• Mediocrity

• Being better

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does "elicit" mean in the sentence, "The first clanging of the bell didn’t elicit a response from the villagers"?

• Provoke

• Suppress

• Ignore

• Stifle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word describes a government characterized by total obedience to laws and rules?

• Authoritarian

• Democratic

• Libertarian

• Anarchic

What is the meaning of "patently" in the sentence, "It was patently obvious that the prisoner wasn’t really a feeble old man"?

• Obscurely

• Undoubtedly

• Dubiously

• Vaguely

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "administer" in the sentence, "The magistrate administered the final exam for all initiates"?

• Organize

• Monitor

• Grade

• Supervise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D