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ELA 10 Vocab Quiz 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the missing word:


His _______________ attitude had me worried that he didn't care about the our problem.

a)

Aloof

b)

Austere

c)

Bulwark

d)

Cacophony.

e)

Cerebral

2.

Fill in the missing word:


The band seemed so out of key that it was more like a _______________ of sounds forced together than music.

a)

Aloof

b)

Austere

c)

Bulwark

d)

Cacophony.

e)

Cerebral

3.

Fill in the missing word:


He was an _________________ man, both stern and plain in manner as well as appearance,

a)

Aloof

b)

Austere

c)

Bulwark

d)

Cacophony.

e)

Cerebral

4.

Identify the word that goes with the following definition:


A defensive wall.

a)

Aloof

b)

Austere

c)

Bulwark

d)

Cacophony.

e)

Cerebral

5.

Identify the word that goes with the following definition:


Relating to the brain or relating to intellect rather than physical or emotional.

a)

Aloof

b)

Austere

c)

Bulwark

d)

Cacophony.

e)

Cerebral

6.

Fill in the missing word:


He demanded that the court _______________ his criminal record as he was a minor when they the incidents happened.

a)

Connoisseur

b)

Chattel

c)

Expunge

d)

Incongruous

e)

Lament

7.

Fill in the missing word:


While people in California may feel the need to wear a jacket at 68 Degrees outside, it is very _____________________ to wear the jacket with shorts and flip-flops.

a)

Connoisseur

b)

Chattel

c)

Expunge

d)

Incongruous

e)

Lament

8.

Fill in the missing word:


His epitaph read less like a celebration of life but a _______________ of loss.

a)

Connoisseur

b)

Chattel

c)

Expunge

d)

Incongruous

e)

Lament

9.

Identify the word that goes with the following definition:


An expert, particularly in matters of art and taste

a)

Connoisseur

b)

Chattel

c)

Expunge

d)

Incongruous

e)

Lament

10.

Identify the word that goes with the following definition:


An item of personal, movable property.

a)

Connoisseur

b)

Chattel

c)

Expunge

d)

Incongruous

e)

Lament

11.

Select the correct answer:


What is the attitude with which the speaker or narrator

treats his/her subject? Similar to hearing a person's voice but instead of sound is "heard" through words, language, and detail.

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

12.

Select the correct answer:


What is the emotional feeling or atmosphere a work of

literature produces in a reader? Developed through setting, theme, tone, and diction, it created the emotional setting that surrounds the reader.

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

13.

Identify the Tone:


Life's city ways are dark,

Men mutter by, the wells

Of the great waters moan.

O death, O sea, O tide,

The waters moan like bells.

No light, no mark,

The soul goes out alone

On seas unknown.

a)

Whimsical

b)

Sarcastic

c)

Depressing

d)

Happy

14.

True or False:


Tone is the same as Mood.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Identify the Mood:


“Listen to the mustn'ts, child.

Listen to the don'ts.

Listen to the shouldn'ts,

the impossibles, the won'ts.

Listen to the never haves,

then listen close to me...

Anything can happen, child.

Anything can be.”


Shel Silverstein

a)

Disheartened

b)

Inspired

c)

Suspicious

d)

Angry