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Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name this symbol used in holiday headlines like “Jingle—Bells”
En dash
Hyphen
Minus
Em dash
A festive card reads “Merry Christmas‽ Is it snowing yet‽” — identify the symbol.
Inverted question mark
Interrobang
Section sign
Double dagger
Paragraph markers in carol books: “¶ Verse 1” — what’s the symbol?
Pilcrow
Section sign
Dagger
Prime
Identify the legal/sections mark often found in licensing notes for “Carol Collections”.
Dagger (†)
Section sign (§)
Pilcrow (¶)
Interpunct (·)
In a hymnbook, footnotes use this symbol for the first note:
Double dagger (‡)
Dagger (†)
Asterisk (*)
Caret (^)
And the symbol for the second footnote?
Asterisk (*)
Dagger (†)
Double dagger (‡)
Section sign (§)
A snow‑day announcement prints “Delayed by 3 hours…” — name the punctuation.
Three periods
Ellipsis
Colon
Em dash
European‑style quotes in a Christmas cookbook: «Stollen» — name them.
Angle brackets
Guillemets
Smart quotes
Chevrons
Spanish festive signage: ¿Feliz Navidad? — identify the ¿.
Inverted question mark
Interrobang
Pilcrow
Per mille
The symbol connecting “Cookies & Cocoa” is called…
Et sign
Ampersand
Asterisk
Caret
Setting NOËL in petite capitals via an OpenType feature is called…
All caps
Titling alternates
Small caps
Oldstyle figures
Classic book titles like The 12 Days of Christmas often use numerals that blend with text:
Lining figures
Tabular figures
Proportional figures
Oldstyle figures
Preventing clash in “gift” with the f+i combo uses…
Kerning
Tracking
Ligature (fi)
Swash
Adjusting the space between specific pairs, e.g., “Nöel” VA:
Tracking
Leading
Kerning
Justification
Loosening the overall spacing across “Snowfall” is…
Kerning
Tracking
Leading
Baseline shift
Increasing vertical space between lines in carol lyrics:
Tracking
Baseline shift
Leading
Justification
The invisible line letters sit on in “Carol” is the…
X‑height
Baseline
Cap height
Mean line
The height of lowercase letters like x in “xmas” is the…
Cap height
Ascender height
X‑height
Descender depth
The part of letters like b, d, h that rises above x‑height:
Descender
Shoulder
Ascender
Spur
The part of letters like g, y that drops below baseline:
Descender
Ascender
Bowl
Terminal
The opening of letters like c and e in “cider” is the…
Counter
Aperture
Spur
Ear
The enclosed space inside O or a in “Noël” is the…
Aperture
Bowl
Counter
Shoulder
A serif that transitions with a gentle curve from stem to serif is…
Slab serif
Bracketed serif
Hairline serif
Sans terminal
The end of a stroke on letters (e.g., the tail of y in “merry”) is the…
Beak
Spur
Terminal
Shoulder
A small projection on the letter G or b is called…
Ear
Spur
Beak
Shoulder
The small detail on the top of a g (double‑storey) is the…
Shoulder
Ear
Beak
Terminal
The round, enclosed curved part of b, d, o:
Counter
Bowl
Aperture
Shoulder
The curved stroke of n and m in “snowman” is the…
Beak
Shoulder
Ear
Terminal
A sharp, triangular serif detail on letters like E is a…
Terminal
Beak
Spur
Ear
To keep “Noël Night” together in running text, insert…
Thin space
Em space
Figure space
Non‑breaking space
Hanging punctuation at the edge of a festive poster is called…
Optical kerning
Baseline shift
Optical margin alignment (hanging punctuation)
Justification
