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Vocabulary and Literary Terms Quiz (Check 1)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "tyranny" mean?

a)

Freedom or liberty

b)

Harness or cruelty

c)

Kindness or compassion

d)

Justice or fairness

2.

What is a "summary"?

a)

A detailed explanation of a text

b)

A brief statement of the main points of a text

c)

A list of all the characters in a story

d)

A collection of unrelated facts

3.

What does it mean to be "influenced"?

a)

To have no effect on something

b)

To have an effect on something

c)

To ignore something completely

d)

To destroy something

4.

What is an "argument"?

a)

A reason for or against something

b)

A random thought

c)

A list of unrelated ideas

d)

A type of food

5.

What does "tone" refer to in literature?

a)

The color of the text

b)

The attitude or mood an author conveys

c)

The length of the story

d)

The number of pages

6.

What is "enthusiasm"?

a)

A strong excitement of feeling

b)

A lack of interest

c)

A type of food

d)

A boring activity

7.

What does it mean to "contribute"?

a)

To take away from something

b)

To have a part in bringing about something

c)

To ignore something

d)

To destroy something

8.

What is a "theme" in literature?

a)

The moral or lesson learned

b)

The number of pages

c)

The title of the book

d)

The author's name

9.

What does it mean to "infer"?

a)

To make an educated guess based on evidence

b)

To ignore evidence

c)

To write a story

d)

To read a book

10.

What is "significance"?

a)

The importance of something

b)

The color of something

c)

The size of something

d)

The shape of something

11.

What does "relationship" refer to?

a)

The way in which things are connected

b)

The distance between things

c)

The color of things

d)

The size of things

12.

What does "claim" mean in writing?

a)

The main idea an author wants to convey

b)

A random thought

c)

A list of unrelated ideas

d)

A type of food

13.

"Martha wanted to participate but she was raw, young and unsure." Which word below would mean the same as the "raw" as it is used in the sentence.

a)

uncooked

b)

inexperienced

c)

untalented

d)

confident

14.

  • "I looked at the Dem candidates and realized there is no viable alternative for me." What does the word viable mean as it is used in the sentence?

a)

possible

b)

willing

c)

caring