Inaugural Address Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

Write a sentence using the word, "asunder."

Write a sentence using the word "belaboring."

Write a sentence using the word "invoke."

Write a sentence using the word "revolution."

Write a sentence using the word "beachhead."

If I abolish all forms of human poverty, I . . .

• demolish all of them

• support all of them

• put an end to them

• begin to study them

In the passage, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty" (284), nation means . . .

• a constitutional monarchy

• a group of parliamentary advisors

• Those countries preparing to attack the USA

• a country considered as a body of people

Choose the best answer. When Kennedy begins his call to action with ". . . let both sides join in a new endeavor" (285) a synonym for "endeavor" might be

• pursuit

• struggle

• occupation

• vision

wIth "stays the hand of mankind's final war," Kennedy's use of the word stay means . . .

• break, bend, or snap something

• stop, delay, or prevent something

• boost, trump, or win something

• stifle, smother, or put out something

According to Kennedy, inauguration day is not a celebration of the victory of a party. Of what is it a celebration of?