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Q3 Quiz 3 (9th)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What word means to conceal or hide by covering up?
a)
introspection
b)
obscure
c)
suppress
d)
transcend
2.
harsh in taste or odor; sharp temper
a)
elated
b)
indelible
c)
acrid
d)
nocturnal
3.

Believing that the Earth rotates around the Sun, and not the other way around.

a)

Heresy

b)

NOT Heresy

4.

Ezra could tell he had annoyed his teacher when she gave him a ____ reply.

a)

respite

b)

terse

c)

obtrude

d)

quaff

5.

The condemned man was given a ____ to enjoy his favorite meal before his execution.

a)

respite

b)

augment

c)

terse

d)

maritime

6.

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

rhetoric

d)

antithesis

7.

Money is the root of all evil: poverty is the fruit of all goodness.

This sentence is

a)

an example of antithesis.

b)

not an example of antithesis

8.

Choose the sentence that is an example of antithesis

a)

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.

b)

They were in love and then, they got married.

c)

They love dancing salsa, playing baseball and listening to music

d)

They hate music and sports.

9.

Choose the sentence that is an example of antithesis

a)

He preferred fruits to sweets.

b)

You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.

c)

The book was interesting as well as adventurous.

d)

For success in life, one needs to pursue his goal with determination and perseverance.

10.

Identify the writers effect used in the text:


The world will little note, nor remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Connotation

c)

Antithesis

11.
Identify the paradox. 
a)
She is an awfully good singer.
b)
The blank page stared back at me.
c)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
d)
They danced in the moonlight. 
12.
What does the following paradox most likely mean?
"I close my eyes so that I can see."
a)
The person is blind and only has vision when closing his or her eyes.
b)
The person's imagination or internal vision is stronger when blocking out visual distractions. 
c)
It makes absolutely no sense. 
d)
The person needs to nap so that he or she can think better, 
13.

Warm food.

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Neither

14.

I can't see my glasses.

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Neither

15.

The second sentence is false. The first sentence is true.

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Both

d)

Neither

16.

Friendly fire.

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Neither

17.

Terribly good

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Neither

d)

Both

18.

Only choice

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Both

d)

Neither

19.

Light blue

a)

Paradox

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Neither

d)

Both

20.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses self contradictory terms back to back.
a)
True
b)
False