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Midterm Review (Semester 1)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The tension in the room was so ________________, you could practically feel it.

a)

palpable

b)

naive

c)

vigor

d)

imprudent

2.

Insulting someone in class is behavior I will not _____________.

a)

palpable

b)

vigor

c)

condone

d)

indolently

3.

I didn't know how to answer the questions as the instructions were quite _____________.

a)

appalled

b)

conjure

c)

recede

d)

vague

4.

Be sure to clean your wine spills as soon as they have happened, otherwise they might __________ into the material and stain it permanently.

a)

seep

b)

conjure

c)

appalled

d)

insufferable

5.

She was one of the most _______________ people I had ever met; she graced the room with such confidence, and elegance.

a)

endeavor

b)

falter

c)

pariah

d)

self-possessed

6.

With the current socio-political tensions rising in the area, war seems ______________.

a)

imminent

b)

pariah

c)

endeavor

d)

falter

7.

It's quite a common trait among teenagers to ____________ their emotions.

a)

repress

b)

elusive

c)

tumultuous

d)

hasten

8.

Memories of an amnesiac are somewhat ________________.

a)

elusive

b)

repress

c)

hasten

d)

tumultuous

9.

The problem with buying a car is that as soon as you leave the shop, it ___________________ in value.

a)

depreciates

b)

ardent

c)

compel

d)

remorse

10.

Men ________________ the audience at the local wrestling tournament.

a)

predominate

b)

sterling

c)

parsimony

d)

ardent

11.

Please, blame me. I did it out of my own _______________; he did nothing wrong!

a)

volition

b)

inscrutable

c)

stupefied

d)

compel

12.

It was clear they showed no _____________ for what they had done; they were glad it had happened.

a)

remorse

b)

exult

c)

compel

d)

covet

13.

He was told that he was rather _________________, and that he should keep his mouth shut.

a)

loquacious

b)

irridescent

c)

pallid

d)

sententious

14.

I couldn't believe the _______________ of that person; they just hit my car and drove off!

a)

audacity

b)

sagacity

c)

dissimulation

d)

vehemently

15.

I just always found his countenance to be one of _________________; and I don't know if I ever saw the 'real' him.

a)

dissimulation

b)

scantling

c)

tattoo

d)

audacity

16.

The primary conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" is -

a)

character vs character

b)

character vs technology

c)

character vs self

d)

character vs society

17.

"She is an angel" is an example of what literary device?

a)

simile

b)

paradox

c)

oxymoron

d)

metaphor

18.

The moment I finished high-school was bittersweet.

"bittersweet" in this sentence is best described as -

a)

foreshadowing

b)

oxymoron

c)

paradox

d)

symbolism

19.

How would you best describe SUSPENSE in literature?

(Please attempt to write a full sentence if not more)

4 lines
20.

This image is an example of __________ irony. Why?

4 lines
21.

Only what the viewpoint character knows, feels, perceives, thinks, guesses, hopes, remembers, etc., can be told. The reader can infer what other people feel and think only from what the viewpoint character observes of their behavior.

a)

3rd person limited

b)

3rd person omniscient

c)

2nd person

d)

1st person