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Xavier's Literature & Language Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What’s the correct spelling of the word that means “For sure”? (a)  

Choose from the below words
definitley
defiantly
definitely
defintley
deifinately
2.

Which one is a quote from J K Rowling?

a)

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”

b)

“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”

c)

“What’s comin’will come and we’ll meet it when it does.”

d)

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

3.

Can you fill in the blanks from Shakespeare's As You Like It?

“All the world’s a __________

And all the men and women _________ players

They have their exits and their _________...”

NOTE: Put ONE space after each word you type!

(a)  

4.

Which THREE sentences are incorrect?

a)

The sheep has lost it’s lambs.

b)

They want they’re money back.

c)

They want their money back.

d)

They want there money back.

e)

The sheep has lost its lambs.

5.

Which of the following is the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behaviour, communication, and social interaction? (a)  

Choose from the below words
proxology
proxies
proxometry
proxemics
6.

What’s the opposite of a synonym? (a)  

Choose from the below words
an antonym
an eponym
an acronym
a homonym
7.

Which quote is from Amelia Earhart? (The others are from Stephen Hawking, William James, Confucius and Theodore Roosevelt.)

a)

"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."

b)

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do."

c)

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month."

d)

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its outcome."

e)

"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get."

8.

Attenuate means to.....

a)

reduce or weaken something.

b)

increase or strengthen something

c)

mar or damage something

9.

Which of the following is from Victor Hugo, as opposed to Shakespeare?

a)

"Life is a shuttle."

b)

"A man can die but once."

c)

"I bear a charmed life."

d)

"Life is a flower of which love is the honey."

e)

"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale."

10.

Which ONE is correct?

a)

DVDs

b)

DVD’s

c)

DVDs’

d)

D'VDS

11.

Who wrote Things Fall Apart and where was he from?

a)

Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwe

b)

Chinua Achebe, Nigeria

c)

Chakufwa Chihana, Malawi

12.

How many Modern English Bible versions are there?

a)

Over 20

b)

Over 40

c)

Over 30

d)

Over 50

13.

Can you think of a word beginning with the letter ''I'' (eye)

containing 4 letters and 3 syllables?

An example is Iowa.

(a)  

14.

Bandana, dinghy, jungle, pyjamas, thug and verandah are words borrowed from which language?

(a)  

15.

Oscar Wilde's last words were reportedly, “This __________ and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do.”

a)

duvet

b)

wallpaper

c)

carpet

d)

curtain

e)

wardrobe

16.

Which ONE is correct?

a)

I shouldn’t of done it.

b)

I shouldn’t had done it.

c)

I shouldn't have done it.

d)

I shouldnt've done it.

17.

“Writing is really a way of thinking — not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.”

-Toni Morrison


What does the word "disparate" mean?

(a)  

18.

Which TWO are acronyms?

a)

UCLA

b)

UCAS

c)

USA

d)

UNESCO

e)

UAE

19.

Which language does the word robot come from?

a)

Czech

b)

Serbo-Croat

c)

Russian

d)

German

20.

This is not a joke!

Which of Shakespeare's plays first included the world-famous words:

Knock knock! Who’s there?

a)

Othello

b)

Hamlet

c)

Macbeth

d)

Coriolanus