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The House of Usher Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

What is the meaning of the word, Tumultuous?

a)

destroy utterly; obliterate.

b)

the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.

c)

making a loud, confused noise; uproarious

d)

a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

2.

What is the meaning of the word, Rending?

a)

tear (something) into two or more pieces.

b)

making a loud, confused noise; uproarious

c)

destroy utterly; obliterate.

d)

the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.

3.

What is the meaning of the word, Dissolution?

a)

tear (something) into two or more pieces.

b)

making a loud, confused noise; uproarious

c)

destroy utterly; obliterate.

d)

the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body

4.

What word means, a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth?

a)

Fissure

b)

Rending

c)

Dissolution

d)

Annihilate

5.

What word means, the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages?

a)

Rending

b)

Antiquity

c)

Tumultuous

d)

Annihilate

6.

What word means, destroy utterly; obliterate?

a)

Rending

b)

Antiquity

c)

Tumultuous

d)

Annihilate

7.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Annihilate was what the bomb did to Hiroshima.

b)

The enemy troops were annihilated.

8.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Ahead lay a large fissure in the ice, three feet across.

b)

I fissured it out!

9.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

The dissolution was not solved today.

b)

A divorce or dissolution of marriage can be a harsh process.

10.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

My grandparents are so antiquity.

b)

A rare relic of great antiquity must be preserved in a museum.

11.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Several wolves were rending a lamb to pieces.

b)

Rending is eating everything!

12.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Tumultuous grows around a concert.

b)

We came out of the tunnel and were greeted by tumultuous applause.

13.

What is not a Gothic Element?

a)

The Supernatural

b)

A Happy ending

c)

Violence

d)

Poor Weather

e)

A Hero-Villian (Anti-Hero)

14.

Select the elements that make up a Gothic Tale.

a)

Intense/ Extreme Emotion

b)

Maidens are saved from danger

c)

Confinement

d)

Castle (Mansion)

e)

Perfect Weather