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Vocabulary Review: Part II Lessons 1&2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word, as a proper noun, is a character in Spenser's epic poem, "Faerie Queen."

a)

braggadocio

b)

malaprop

c)

Lothario

d)

Panglossian

2.

This word describes a person easily dominated or intimidated.

a)

panglossian

b)

sadistic

c)

Babbitt

d)

milquetoast

3.

This word originated as a celebration of the Roman god of wine.

a)

Babbitt

b)

bacchanalia

c)

braggadocio

d)

Janus-faced

4.

Jabberwocky is all of the following, EXCEPT:

a)

gibberish

b)

coherent

c)

nonsense language

d)

incomprehensible

5.

A pyrrhic victory describes a win at any cost.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

This proper noun is also a character in a novel by Sinclair Lewis.

a)

Machiavellian

b)

Panglossian

c)

Babbitt

d)

chauvinism

7.

This word describes a person who demands absolute adherence to rules and authority.

a)

lethargy

b)

martinet

c)

Babbitt

d)

Lothario

8.

This word comes from the name of a French soldier and novelist who delighted in inflicting cruel pain on others.

a)

philistine

b)

malaprop

c)

sadistic

d)

martinet

9.

This may be the idea of someone's

a)

Janus-face

b)

Shangri-la

c)

crossing the Rubican

d)

pandemonium

10.

Pictured here after a sport team's big win.

a)

lethargy

b)

pyrrhic victory

c)

Shangri-la

d)

pandemonium

11.

Pictured here:

a)

Babbitt

b)

sadistic

c)

lethargy

d)

milquetoast

12.

This word derives from a soldier's extreme devotion and patriotism to Napoleon.

a)

crossing the Rubicon

b)

martinet

c)

chauvinism

d)

machiavellian

13.

This word comes from the novel Candide by French writer Voltaire.

a)

martinet

b)

Spoonerism

c)

Malaprop

d)

Panglossian

14.

"A blushing crow" versus "A crushing blow"

a)

spoonerism

b)

malaprop

15.

"She's as headstrong as an allegory" said my brother about our mother. What he really meant was "alligator."

a)

Malaprop

b)

Spoonerism

16.

This character might be considered a modern day ___.

a)

Lothario

b)

Babbitt

c)

Milquetoast

d)

Malaprop

17.

A political doctrine in which the ends justifies the means.

a)

pyrrhic victory

b)

Panglossian

c)

Machiavellian

d)

Crossing the Rubicon

18.

This image depicts:

a)

Philistine

b)

Babbitt

c)

bacchanalia

d)

Janus-faced

19.

This term denotes an English clergyman noted for slips of the tongue.

a)

spoonerism

b)

malaprop

c)

Janus-faced

d)

chauvinism

20.

This term describes a person ignorant of cultural values.

a)

Babbitt

b)

Milquetoast

c)

Panglossian

d)

sadistic