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Vocabulary Quiz - Story of an Hour

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble..." In this sentence the word afflicted means:

a)

affected

b)

afraid

c)

affiliated

d)

afforded

2.

"When the storm of grief had spent itself..." Spent itself here means:

a)

passed

b)

destroyed

c)

thundered

d)

rained

3.

"Whose lines bespoke repression." Bespoke is the past tense of bespeak. In this sentence bespeak means:

a)

to hide

b)

to talk

c)

to indicate

d)

to silence

4.

"...away off yonder on those patches of blue sky." Yonder here means:

a)

invisible

b)

unreachable

c)

at a distance

d)

dreamily

5.

"Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously." The word 1) bosom and 2) tumultuously mean:

a)

1) Body, 2) Fearfully

b)

1) Chest, 2) Violently

c)

1) Chest, 2) Emotionally agitated

d)

1) Body, 2) Joyfully

6.

"As powerless as her two white slender hands would have been." The word powerless here is a:

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

7.

"She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her." The word monstrous here is a:

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

8.

"Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhold, imploring for admission." Imploring for admission means:

a)

Insisting on a confession

b)

Nagging for allowance

c)

Begging to be let in

9.

"She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities." Importunities is a:

a)

Pronoun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

noun

10.

"She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities." Importunities means:

a)

Children

b)

Jewels

c)

Indiscretion

d)

Persistence