(8th) Test #20. Name:                                                Date:               Period:
Warm Ups: ___/6, ___/9   Non-clicker Extra Credit:
Spelling. Skip if exempt.

1. a) conspiracy  b) divirsion  c) transpire  d) convert  e) all correct
2. a) exspire  b) advertisement  c) universal  d) reverse  e) all correct
3. a) persparation  b) extrovert  c) diverse  d) respiration  e) all correct
4. a) vertical  b) contraversy  c) versus  d) anniversary  e) all correct
5. a) aspires  b) versatile  c) introvert  d) inverted  e) all correct
6. a) adversary  b) revert  c) vise versa  d) inverse  e) all correct

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   Roots.
7.  "again turn" = _____  a) exspire  b) advertisement  c) universal  d) reverse  e) NOTA
8.  "year turn thing" = _____  a) vertical  b) contraversy  c) versus  d) anniversary  e) NOTA
9.  "outward turning person" = ______  a) introvert  b) extrovert  c) diverse  d) respiration  e) NOTA
10.  "again breathe thing" = _____  a) persparation  b) extrovert  c) diverse  d) respiration e) NOTA
11. "one turning" = _____  a) exspire  b) advertisement  c) universal  d) reverse  e) NOTA
12. "with breathe thing" = ____  a) conspiracy  b) divirsion  c) transpire  d) convert  e) NOTA

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    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
13. Catherine tried to __________ Mom's anger by doing that boo boo lip thing.  a) wheedle  b) insidious  c) appease  d) cadence  e) imperative
14. friendly : rude :: optional : ________  a) paradox  b) insidious  c) appease  d) disconsolate  e) imperative
15. sweat : perspiration :: mistake : ______ a) ignominious  b) paradox  c) disconsolate  d) imperative  e) indiscretion
16. Addiction usually occurs __________(ly), progressing little by little.  a) ignominious  b) insidious  c) appease  d) disconsolate  e) imperative
17. Second period wanted to __________ an extra day for the assignment out of cranky Mr. Coward...  a) cadence  b) insidious  c) appease  d) disconsolate  e) wheedle
18. ...so they tried to ___________ him by bringing in cookies.   a) inexorable  b) appease  c) indiscretion  d) paradox  e) disconsolate
19. "There was an ________ need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They were savages, all of them; who knew no law but the law of club and fang."     a) ignominious  b) paradox  c) disconsolate  d) imperative  e) indiscretion
20. They "bombarded him with curses and cooking utensils, till he recovered from his consternation and fled __________(ly) into the cold." He was humiliated and angry. a) ignominious  b) paradox  c) appease  d) imperative  e) indiscretion
21. The aging process is _________ , often __________, and sometimes _______... a) imperative, wheedle, disconsolate  b) cadence, inexorable, imperative  c) inexorable, insidious, ignominious  d) appease, ignominious, paradox  e) disconsolate, imperative, indiscretion
22. "Left, left, left, right, left!" The drill sergeant counted the ___________ for the new recruits as they marched.  a) cadence  b) insidious  c) appease  d) disconsolate  e) wheedle
23. A person from the island of Crete asserts, "All Cretans are liars." This is an example of a(n) __________.  a) ignominious  b) paradox  c) appease  d) imperative  e) indiscretion
24. "He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet. Miserable and ______, he wandered about among the many tents, only to find that one place was as cold as another."  a) paradox  b) insidious  c) appease  d) disconsolate  e) imperative

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    Husker Du?
25. "I like," Luther commented, "Chunky, rather than creamy, peanut butter."   a) correct  b) incorrect
26. The song "Rock The Boat" is by a disco group called Hues Corporation.   a) correct  b) incorrect
27. Perhaps Mr. Pignati got some _________ enjoyment from listening to John and Lorraine's stories...  a) pent  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile
28. Neither option was very __________, but I had to choose one whether I liked it or not.  a) surreptitious  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile
29. a) "I'm hungry." Billy said, "Let's eat now."   b) "I'm hungry," Billy said, "Let's eat now."  c) "I'm hungry", Billy said. "Let's eat now."  d) "I'm hungry," Billy said. "Let's eat now."
30. Which of these is not written entirely in first person?  a)  The Pigman  b) Flowers for Algernon  c) Maus  d) Nothing But the Truth  e) All are written entirely in first person.

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31. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the Jack London quote?  a) A long life is the most important thing.  b) Love and family  are the most important things.  c) "Life sucks and the you die."  d) "Live fast, die young."  e) "To die is easy. To live; that is hard."
32. Vladek probably had the same philosophy of life as that represented by the Jack London quote.  a) True  b) False
33. John would probably agree with the quote from Jack London.    a) True  b) False

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    Prepositions.
34. He made us walk around together to see the sights.  a) around  b) together  c) around, together  d) to, around, together  e) no prepositions
35. The class about cheese was held outside.  a) about  b) about, outside  c) about, was, outside  d) the(2), about, outside  e) no prepositions
36. At noon, the colonel marched across the courtyard to the gate.  a) at  b) at, to  c) at, to, across  d) at, across, to, the(2)  e) across, to
37. The friendly, little platypus followed me upstairs.  a) the  b) the, upstairs  c) upstairs  d) followed, upstairs  e) no prepositions
38. The substitute with the strange name made us do jumping jacks outside.  a) with  b) with, outside  c) the(2), with, outside  d) outside e) no prepositions
39. Please ask the ducks to come inside because of the rain.  a) to  b) to, inside  c) to, because, of  d) to, of, inside  e) of
40. I like to ride my bike to work.   a) prepositional phrase  b) not

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze Than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, Every atom of me in magnificent glow, Than a sleepy permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, Not to exist."     --Jack London