5 Written Questions

1. taking an irreversible step, often involving some danger
2. anything that tempts a person away from safety and toward a destructive path
3. to show false sympathy for someone
4. to offer something precious to someone unable to appreciate the value of what is being given
5. refers to something that cannot be interfered with or harmed in any way

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. an unreachable place; being out of touch with reality
   1. ivory tower
   2. pound of flesh
   3. sirens
   4. sacred cow
2. any extremely complex problem; solving such a problem in a quick, decisive manner
   1. crossing the Rubicon
   2. read the riot act
   3. once in a blue moon
   4. Gordian knot; cutting the Gordian knot
3. used to describe someone's insistence on being repaid
   1. ivory tower
   2. sirens
   3. pound of flesh
   4. sound and fury
4. issue a stern warning
   1. sacred cow
   2. ivory tower
   3. read the riot act
   4. crossing the Rubicon
5. payment received for an act of treachery; a supposed friend's treachery
   1. thirty pieces of silver; kiss of betrayal
   2. to shed crocodile tears
   3. read the riot act
   4. all that glitters is not gold

5 True/False Questions

1. Mrs. Grundy/Grundyism → an attitude of narrow-minded prudishmess

   True        False

2. sound and fury → used to describe someone's insistence on being repaid

   True        False

3. Achilles' heel → a person's area of particular vulnerability

   True        False

4. once in a blue moon → something that occurs very rarely

   True        False

5. all that glitters is not gold → issue a stern warning

   True        False