L-4: Quiz 2 Questions
1. The word “irreligiously” works as what part of speech?
(A) an adjective
(B) a verb
(C) an adverb
(D) a conjunction
(E) a gerund
Correct Answer:
an adverb
Answer Explanation:
The suffix “-ly” indicates an adverb
2. Which of the following suffixes tells you the word is something that is NOT a noun?
(A) -ious
(B) -ment
(C) -arian
(D) -er
(E) -ology
Correct Answer:
-ious
Answer Explanation:
Indicates an adjective; see “rebellious,” “cantankerous,” etc.
3. What do the words “anarchy,” “monarchy,” and “hierarchy” all have in common?
(A) they’re all adverbs
adding “-er” to the end
“without”
(B) they all use the same root word
(D) they all use the same suffix
(C) they can all be changed to nouns by
(E) they all use a prefix that means “not” or
Correct Answer:
they all use the same suffix
Answer Explanation:
“-archy,” implying a type of rule
4. Which of the following reference works would be MOST likely to help you answer Question 3?
(A) a thesaurus that gives synonyms for all three words
(B) a dictionary that defines “-archy”
vocabulary list of words that mean “not” or “without” something
uses the words in context
(C) a
(D) a book of famous quotations that
(E) a career guide
Correct Answer:
a dictionary that defines “-archy”
Answer Explanation:
(b) - This would be the most direct way for you to find the answer.
5. If your teacher was wearing a shirt nobody would notice or comment on, you might say the shirt is:
(A) unimpeachable
(B) inalienable
(C) unquestionable
(D) unremarkable
(E) irreverent
Correct Answer:
unremarkable
Answer Explanation:
“unable to be remarked upon”
6. If an “automatic” event happens by itself and an “autobiography” is a book someone writes about
himself, then the prefix “auto-” most likely means:
(A) something happens
weekends
(B) a self-sufficient person
(C) “self”
(D) something people do on the
(E) a type of government
Correct Answer:
“self”
Answer Explanation:
(c) - Since this is the meaning that both words share, this choice would make the most sense.
7. Which of the following prefixes or suffixes means “against”?
(A) counterCorrect Answer:
counter-
(B) -ist
(C) -ly
(D) in-
(E) -ment
Answer Explanation:
(a) - In words like “counterattack” and “counterclockwise,” the prefix “counter-” suggests the meaning
“against.”
8. Which of the following types of dictionary would be most likely to contain both the words
“democracy” and “plutocracy”?
(A) a medical dictionary, because both words describe some kind of medical condition
of professions, because both words describe the study of something
both words describe a kind of government
mental disorders
(B) a dictionary
(C) a dictionary of politics, because
(D) a dictionary of psychology, because both words describe
(E) none of the four dictionaries listed here would be likely to contain both words
Correct Answer:
a dictionary of politics, because both words describe a kind of government
Answer Explanation:
“-cracy” is a suffix indicating a type of government
9. Which of the following suffixes does NOT change the part of speech of the root word?
(A) -ment
(B) -ism
(C) -hood
(D) -able
(E) -es
Correct Answer:
-es
Answer Explanation:
“s” and “es” change a word from singular to plural, but they don’t change its part of speech
10. Which of the following prefixes does NOT mean “before”?
(A) ante-
(B) pre-
Correct Answer:
periAnswer Explanation:
peri- means “during”
(C) pro-
(D) peri-
(E) all of the above prefixes mean “before”