WorksheetsAP Lit WOW 2 (Circe)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily.
William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing
Which definition works best in the context of the sentence?
to go at a slow, easy pace
legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs;
uncertainty or fluctuation,]
It ambled along the wall, stopped in the doorway, sat down, and began to dig at its fleas.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Verb
I have made enough money to satisfy both my needs and my caprices.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
Which definition of the underlined word is most appropriate for the sentence?
a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
a composition in a free, irregular style.
women's casual trousers with a tapered leg that end above the ankle and a vertical slit at the outside bottom edge.
prepared with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil leaves and drizzled with olive oil
The curtains which draped the windows, and which puffed, floated, and flapped at the capricious will of a stiff breeze
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
Derived from the word caprice, what part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Verb
All afternoon he'd been fretting about those elusive cottonmouth moccasins, wondering why the reptile wrangler hadn't been able to find them.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
Which SYNONYM best works for this sentence?
Worrying
Gnawing
Corroding
Annoying
The delicacy of his position here, alone and dependent upon the Convention and the dictum familia of the Great Houses, fretted him.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Verb
Directly over the recumbent saint, against a backdrop of gilded flame, hovered Bernini's angel.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
The best definition for the underlined word is:
to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to.
to make red, as with blood.
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
to adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful
Often the sun would disappear behind a cloud, which impinged on its roundness, but whose edge the sun gilded in return.
Marcel Proust -- Swann's Way
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
He would be apprenticed to one of the finest chefs in Paris, that he might one day bring the haute cuisine of France home to Monticello.
David McCullough -- John Adams
Which definition of the underlined word best fits in this sentence?
high-class or high-toned; fancy
disdainfully proud
Arrogantly superior
The _________suitors flocked back into the hall laughing gleefully and congratulated Odysseus. The Odyssey
Which form of the word best fits in the sentence?
Haughty
Haughtily
Haute
Hauter
This seemed to pique general curiosity, and quite a number of people began to run.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula
Based on this sentence, which definition of the underlined word is most appropriate?
To affect with sharp irritation
to wound
to excite or interest
a feeling of resentment or indignation
“Vengeance. Lust. Hubris. Greed. Power. What have I forgotten? Ah yes, vanity, and pique." Circe
Based on this sentence, which definition of the underlined word is most appropriate?
To affect with sharp irritation
to wound
to excite or interest
a feeling of resentment or indignation
He had the canny self-assurance of an industry maverick, the outsider who tries to roil the works, japing every complacent rule of belief.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
The best definition for the underlined word is:
to disturb or disquiet; irritate
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment;
to be noisy or boisterous
But I hoped something would be gained by spilling my soul in the calamity's immediate aftermath, in the roil and torment of the moment. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
All at once his deep-set eye assumed so sagacious and penetrating an expression, that Gringoire felt himself, so to speak, searched to the bottom of the soul by that glance.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The underlined word means:
Showing keen mental discernment and good judgment.
something or someone uninhibited and unrestrained
a feeling of irritation or resentment
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure
He could not come among us without betraying his sympathy for us, and, stupid as we were, we had the sagacity to see it.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
So that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal,
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
What is an ANTONYM for the underlined word?
to restrain
unhindered
free
to disable
These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
But these underhanded wiles-Dentists four nights a week, gold-teeth, powder, mirrors!
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
What does the underlined word mean?
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them
to spend or pass (time), especially in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion:
to occur at the same time
tricksters or fools
Unwed, unfancied, ware of wiles, they fingerponder nightly each his variorum edition of The Taming of the Shrew.
James Joyce -- Ulysses
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Noun
