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Prince and Pauper Vocabulary Ch. 1 - 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the official practice of begging (in 16th century England this was only legal for the sick and elderly)

a)

raiment

b)

theft

c)

mendicancy

d)

obeisance

2.

sad, lonely, a feeling of hopelessness

a)

bewildered

b)

forlorn

c)

mirth

d)

malady

3.

a movement of the body to show respect

a)

obeisance

b)

raiment

c)

ruffian

d)

malady

4.

a synonym for raiment

a)

food

b)

clothing

c)

shelter

d)

rain

5.

a synonym for "perhaps"

a)

malady

b)

buffet

c)

mirth

d)

mayhap

6.

a short, heavy club

a)

ruffian

b)

cudgel

c)

prodigious

d)

mayhap

7.

to strike/hit with the hand or fist

a)

mirth

b)

bewildered

c)

cudgel

d)

buffet

8.

a brutal person; a bully

a)

cozen

b)

ruffian

c)

conjure

d)

malady

9.

deeply or utterly confused

a)

bewildered

b)

mirth

c)

cudgel

d)

obeisance

10.

The _____ church stood on the hilltop and could be seen for miles around.

a)

ruffian

b)

cozen

c)

forlorn

d)

prodigious

11.

happiness accompanied with laughter

a)

mirth

b)

malady

c)

mayhap

d)

mendicancy

12.

a disease or disorder of the body or mind

a)

cozen

b)

mendicancy

c)

cudgel

d)

malady

13.

a synonym for "trick or deceive"

a)

cudgel

b)

buffet

c)

cozen

d)

conjure

14.

to summon or bring up as if by magic

a)

conjure

b)

cozen

c)

mayhap

d)

buffet

15.

The forlorn and starving pauper walked _____ down the street.

a)

despondently

b)

exulted

c)

jauntily

d)

haughtily