Name: ____________________________________________________________ Level E, Unit 6: Quiz
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question.
1. Which of the following words is the opposite of
ominous?
A dangerous
B threatening
C auspicious
D portentious
2. If a sword is being waved, it is being:
A brandished
B scrutinized
C refurbished
D confiscated
3. Another word for summit is:
A nadir
B valley
C ascent
D pinnacle
4. Sneakers that are soft and flexible can be
described as:
A rigid
B unbending
C supple
D reinforced
My mother is one of the lawyers working in our city’s District Attorney’s office. For years now, I have been
asking her to let me attend one of her trials. Last week, she finally acceded to my requests, and so on a day
when I was off from school, I accompanied her downtown to the stately courthouse. Since the time she had
said yes to me, I could barely suppress my excitement. I was hoping for a dramatic case, much like the kind I
am used to seeing on television courtroom dramas—perhaps a blackmail scheme or a premeditated murder
plot. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my mother’s caseload currently comprised only financial
crimes such as insurance fraud cases. That meant I would have sit through hours of tedious, highly technical
testimony. What an ironic twist!
5. If someone acceded (line 2) to a request, he or
she:
A rejected it
B mocked it
C consented to it
D paid no attention to it
6. In line 3, stately serves to suggest that the
courthouse is:
A shabby
B overcrowded
C distant
D imposing
7. Which of the following words could not be used
to replace suppress (line 4)?
A squelch
B instigate
C stifle
D subdue
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8. A murder that is premeditated (line 5) has been:
A solved
B planned
C prevented
D investigated
9. Which of the following words could be used to
replace comprised (line 6)?
A needed
B invited
C excluded
D included
10. In line 8, ironic means:
A predictable
B delightful
C incongruous
D terrifying
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