All Quiet on the Western Front Vocab Quiz I

He beckoned me to follow.

• He is asking me to leave.
• He is warning me to stay back.
• He is inviting me to come with him.

• He is telling me to ignore him.

He crossed the threshold.

• He is standing still at the entrance.
• He has entered a new place.

• He is about to turn back.
• He has left a familiar place.

He fainted as the pencil punctured his leg.

• Punctured means tapped.

• Punctured means running a marathon.

• Punctured means he saw a pencil.

• Punctured means pushed through.

What he did that day had an affect. Affect means?

• To create a feeling of happiness.
• To express a strong opinion.
• To ignore the consequences of actions.
• To have an influence on or make a change in something.

He initiated the argument. Initiated means?

• to argue or dispute
• to conclude or finish
• to ignore or dismiss
• to start or begin

He did not want to be ostracized. Ostracized means?

• Welcomed into a community.
• Promoted to a leadership position.
• Celebrated for achievements.
• Excluded or banished from a group.

He always displayed his patriotism. Patriotism means?

• A type of military service.
• A form of government.
• Love for one's country.
• Dislike for foreign countries.

Ms. Shurelds exhorted all students to study vocabulary. What is exhorted?

• ignored
• strongly encouraged
• dismissed
• recommended

Is that a side effect of the medicine? What does effect mean?

• What you feel now is because you took the medicine

• It's just a normal reaction to the medicine.
• Effect refers to the cause of the medicine.
• No, it has no side effects.

What does elaborate mean? Could you elaborate on that?

• To elaborate means to ignore the question.
• To elaborate means to provide more detail or explanation.
• To elaborate means to confuse the audience.
• To elaborate means to summarize briefly.