Week 5 Quiz -Assessment

We could tell that the science teacher was a former drill sergeant; he always referred to organizing the class for an experiment as "_____ the troops."

• augmenting

• deploying

• adulterating

• reiterating

Jackie Robinson showed _____ in enduring the taunts of those who did not want to see baseball desegregated.

• fortitude

• intimation

• guised

• gibe

In his autobiography the author Mark Twain launches very funny _____ at everyone who did him wrong; unfortunately for his targets, Twain's scorn is always stated memorably.

• gibes

• fortitudes

• guises

• intimations

In Greek mythology, gods were constantly coming to Earth in the _____ of mortals, pretending to be everyone from heroes to commoners.

• guise

• fortitude

• intimation

• guise

The exercises and stretches in yoga are designed to loosen stiff muscles and make inflexible joints more _____.

• verbatim

• stolid

• unkempt

• pliable