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VCR B Lesson 2 QUIZ

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'subvert' mean?

a)

To twist or bend out of shape

b)

To reply quickly and sharply

c)

To upset; to overthrow; to ruin

d)

To change something to make it false

2.

What is the meaning of the word 'distort'?

a)

To turn away; to prevent

b)

To twist or bend out of shape

c)

To change something to make it false

d)

To reply quickly and sharply

3.

What does the term 'adversity' refer to?

a)

Hardship; misfortune

b)

A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward

c)

Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required

d)

Straightforward; ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter

4.

What is the meaning of the word 'avert'?

a)

To twist or bend out of shape

b)

To turn away; to prevent

c)

To reply quickly and sharply

d)

To change something to make it false

5.

What does the term 'introvert' describe?

a)

To twist or bend out of shape

b)

A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward

c)

Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required

d)

Straightforward; ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter

6.

to twist or bend out of shape

a)

contort

b)

distort

c)

submit

7.

to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation

a)

perverse

b)

torturous

c)

retort

d)

prose

8.

hardship; misfortune

a)

adversity

b)

avert

c)

introvert

d)

distort

9.

In 1917 revolutionists (a)   the regime of the Russian czars.

10.

per : through, sub : (a)