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WorksheetsMidterm Review
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the infinitive phrase:
After school June and I like to walk home together.
After school June and I like to walk home together.
a)
after school
b)
I like
c)
to walk
2.
whose idea was the trojan horse
a)
Zeus
b)
Odysseus
c)
Mrs.Youngblood
d)
Athena
3.
What word is modified by the appositive phrase below?
"Mrs. Youngblood the 9th grade English teacher is very smart."
"Mrs. Youngblood the 9th grade English teacher is very smart."
a)
Grade
b)
Teacher
c)
Smart
d)
Mrs. Youngblood
4.
Name the direct object in this sentence," Joshua liked to throw the football to his uncle James."
a)
liked
b)
football
c)
uncle
d)
James
5.
who was the scapegoat of animal farm
a)
snowball
b)
stalin
c)
napoleon
d)
squealer
6.
showing unusually early development, especially mentally
a)
turkey
b)
pizza
c)
cuisine
d)
precocious
7.
How did the sirens lure victims to there deaths?
a)
By singing
b)
by dancing
c)
by dying
d)
by flying
8.
What word means a fear of water?
a)
hydrophobia
b)
acrophobia
c)
MEMES
d)
xenophobia
9.
What does the prefix philos mean?
a)
To love
b)
Friend
c)
Book
d)
Fear
10.
Which of the following is a participle?
a)
The wrecked car is now being towed.
b)
I love to fish!
c)
I like swimming because it fun.
d)
Mrs. Youngblood, the English teacher, is fun.
11.
Matrix
a)
an environment or material in which something develops
b)
yearn to possess or have (something)
c)
verbevade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way
d)
treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority
12.
What was the name of the cyclops?
a)
Polyphemus
b)
Perseus
c)
Cerce
d)
Laertes
13.
Which is not a characteristic of an epic hero.
a)
Brave
b)
Vengeful
c)
Loyal
d)
Weakness
14.
Read the sentence below.
Hey! Watch where you're hanging that pinata.
Which word is an interjection?
Hey! Watch where you're hanging that pinata.
Which word is an interjection?
a)
you're
b)
Hey!
c)
pinata
d)
Watch
54.
What does 'domicile' mean?
a)
to dominate
b)
territory
c)
a home; residence
d)
native
16.
What type of phrase is a professional photographer in the sentence? My aunt, a professional photographer, has offered to take pictures at our family reunion.
a)
gerund
b)
participle
c)
infinitive
d)
appositve
17.
identify the direct object in the following sentence.
In 1994, Steve Christie kicked a 54-yard field goal.
In 1994, Steve Christie kicked a 54-yard field goal.
a)
"Steve Christie"
b)
"a"
c)
"in 1994"
d)
"54-yard field goal"
18.
CUPIDITY def.
a)
generosity; to give
b)
The ability of Cupid
c)
greed; avarice
d)
The way someone loves another
19.
Who's your favorite teacher?
a)
#StopMIdterms
b)
I want to go home.
c)
No one.
d)
Mrs. Youngblood
20.
What Latin root word is associated with the word Ablution?
a)
Lavare
b)
Pathos
c)
Ludere
d)
Placeo
21.
which of the following words found in the sentence is a noun? We enjoyed our leisurely drive through the Smoky Mountains.
a)
enjoyed
b)
through
c)
mountains
d)
Smoky Mountains
22.
An absurd or inferior imitation
a)
potion
b)
imbibe
c)
travesty
d)
domineer
23.
A downpour or great flood;to flood
a)
divest
b)
deluge
c)
domain
d)
domestic
24.
To walk while sleeping
a)
ablution
b)
domicile
c)
investiture
d)
somnambulate
25.
definition of Myth
a)
a bedtime story
b)
a traditional story of a culture or people group
c)
a fairy
d)
a flower
26.
What is "laughing" doing in the sentence below?
"Laughing, Eileen dared her friends to race to the top of the hill."
"Laughing, Eileen dared her friends to race to the top of the hill."
a)
Nothing
b)
It's a Gerund
c)
It's the subject
d)
It's a Particple
27.
What is the function of the infinitive phrase below?
"To be at the concert would be a once in a lifetime experience."
"To be at the concert would be a once in a lifetime experience."
a)
The verb
b)
Adjectival phrase
c)
The subject
d)
Adverbial phrase
28.
Which correctly defines the word "moribund?"
a)
Bring peace to
b)
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
c)
At the point of death
d)
Vacant or empty
29.
What is the correct translation for the Latin root word "pax?"
a)
"peace"
b)
"suffering"
c)
"to desire"
d)
"to devour"
30.
Why do the Sirens pose a threat to Odysseus and his crew?
a)
They eat the men after trapping them
b)
They sacrifice the men to their god
c)
They lure and kill the men with their sog
d)
They trick the men into serving them
31.
What does "elude" mean?
a)
socialize with
b)
a delusion or lie
c)
evade or escape
d)
to lead to
32.
Fill in the blank with the vocab word " The volcano is_______, it has not erupted in hundreds of years."
a)
apathetic
b)
placid
c)
odious
d)
dormant
33.
What does the root word phileo mean
a)
philidelphia
b)
to love
c)
to go to
d)
to become
34.
what does the root word lavare mean?
a)
to purify
b)
to wash
c)
to kill
d)
to die
35.
Odious definition
a)
friendly
b)
hateful or distateful
c)
lack of feeling
d)
a family inheritance
36.
Friendly;peaceable
a)
amicable
b)
amity
c)
placid
d)
travesty
37.
Friendship;friendly relations
a)
patronage
b)
appease
c)
amity
d)
elude
38.
harmful
a)
inimical
b)
bibliophile
c)
investiture
d)
collusion
39.
to calm; to satisfy by making concessions or giving into demands
a)
dormant
b)
appease
c)
pacify
d)
allude
40.
a ceremony in which a person formally receives the authority and symbols of an office
a)
ceremony
b)
castle
c)
invesiture
d)
guess
41.
Which is the root word for the vocabulary word Amity ?
a)
pathos
b)
lavare
c)
Amicus
d)
cupio
42.
What is a word or phrase used to characterize a person or thing ?
a)
Myth
b)
Epithet
c)
Epic
d)
Allegory
43.
What word means a hatred of women?
a)
misogamy
b)
antipathy
c)
misogyny
d)
pathos
44.
What word means a secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy?
a)
collusion
b)
moribund
c)
elude
d)
allude
45.
What does appease mean?
a)
to calm by distracting
b)
to calm by giving into demands
c)
to calm by scolding
d)
to calm
46.
To absorb or assimilate.
a)
Phileo
b)
Miso
c)
Imbibe
d)
Patronize
47.
Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
a)
Placid
b)
Allude
c)
Cupio
d)
Poto
48.
property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.
a)
Patronage
b)
Patronize
c)
Moribound
d)
Patrimony
49.
Yodeling may not sound difficult to do.
What is the word "Yodeling" in the sentence above?
What is the word "Yodeling" in the sentence above?
a)
Gerund
b)
Appositive
c)
Verb
d)
Participle
50.
The rain and hail pounding on the tin roof frightened the young child, who covered his ears and ran to his mother.
How many prepositional phrases are there in the above sentence?
How many prepositional phrases are there in the above sentence?
a)
1
One
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
51.
What does 'amicable' mean?
a)
in love with
b)
friendly
c)
harmful
d)
a love of books
52.
What does 'odious' mean?
a)
hateful
b)
irrational fear
c)
harmful
d)
friendly
54.
What does 'domicile' mean?
a)
to dominate
b)
territory
c)
a home; residence
d)
native
54.
What does 'domicile' mean?
a)
to dominate
b)
territory
c)
a home; residence
d)
native
55.
What does 'bibliophile' mean?
a)
fear of hieghts
b)
in love with
c)
harmful
d)
a lover of books
56.
What does dormire mean?
a)
to wash
b)
to please
c)
to sleep
d)
death
57.
How did the Greeks explain seasons.
a)
Persephone had to spend six months of every year with Hades in the under ground and 6 months out of the underground.
b)
Goddess of seasons Hertates changes seasons due to her mood.
c)
The seasons were a gift from the Gods to the people.
d)
seasons were caused by a lost bet between Persephone and Zeus.
58.
ROOT WORD- miso
a)
To adore..
b)
Mild dislike
c)
To hate..
d)
Coveted
59.
MORIBUND def.
a)
About to die or end
b)
Calm; soothing
c)
The death of an animal
d)
Already deceased
60.
ROOT WORD- pathos
a)
Difficult
b)
Suffering
c)
The mind
d)
Brain
61.
PATHOS def.
a)
Sincerity; especially for those with kids
b)
referring to pathology; the study of disease
c)
The feeling of being empty
d)
A feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness
62.
APATHY def.
a)
Lack of feeling; energy or interest
b)
Feeling hungry
63.
What language is the root word pax derived from, and what is its meaning?
a)
Latin; to love
b)
Latin; peace
c)
Greek; to love
d)
Greek; peace
64.
What language is the root word vorare derived form, and what is its meaning?
a)
Greek; to dress
b)
Greek;to devour
c)
Latin; to devour
d)
Latin; to dress
65.
pathos means
a)
happiness
b)
hate
c)
love
d)
suffering
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