Name: ____________________________________________________________ Level D, Unit 6: Practice
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question.
1. Someone who has made up for a mistake has:
A atoned
B regressed
C
D toppled withdrawn
2. Which of the following would you use to describe an excuse that seems believable?
A legible
B
C
D credible improbable attainable
3. Another word for servitude is:
A liberty
B
C
D reluctance bondage ingratitude
4. Which of the following is the opposite of murky ?
A bloated
B obscure
C
D lucid lighthearted
Writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925–2000) is best known for his illustrated books. Long before the days of the graphic novel, his books were created with adults in mind, though many have been quite popular with children as well. No matter which audience he was actually aiming at, Gorey’s work alway had a playfully dark and sardonic quality. Typically set in the Victorian era—picture the late 1800s—his books have intriguing titles, such as the Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Hapless Child, and The Doubtful Guest . In them, odd characters such as solemn, formally dressed gentlemen, impoverished outcasts, and weepy, doleful young women often meet with ghastly fates, such as being embedded in ice or swept out to sea. Following his death, friends found a number of unpublished works among Gorey’s belongings. Assuming that no legal issues hamper the process, this development suggests that further books might be published posthumously .
5. In line 4, sardonic serves to:
A
B characterize Gorey’s work as being grimly sarcastic criticize Gorey for his old-fashioned style
C imply that Gorey’s work is childish
D indicate that Gorey’s work is usually set on sailing ships
6. A person who is impoverished (line 6) is:
A grateful
B prosperous
C
D powerless poor
7. In line 6, doleful means:
A frightened
B beautiful
C
D cheerful sorrowful
8. Which of the following words could not be used to replace ghastly (line 7)?
A appalling
B
C
D pleasant dreadful horrible
9. Which of the following words could be used to replace hamper (line 8)?
A improve
B facilitate
C
D highlight hinder
10. A work that is published posthumously (line 9) appears:
A without an author’s name
B
C
D in a shortened form after an author’s death at the end of another work
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