5 Written Questions

1. Exaggeration adds to the humor of Mark Twain's accounts of his travels ________________.
2. By making a (honest and sincere) effort you have won my support.
3. The mayor (spoke very highly of) the workers who contributed to the anti-litter campaign.
4. _______________in a tyrannical government is often punished severely.
5. The victim's ____________appeal for help could not be ignored.

5 Matching Questions

1. skeptical
2. manipulate
3. exhilaratng
4. elicit
5. To hoax someone is to

1. a play a trick on that person.
2. b Real friends don't ______________each other into doing things that feel wrong.
3. c The high point of our day at the fair was the _____________ride on the roller coaster.
4. d Banging on the door failed to (bring about) any response from side.
5. e I gave an inept dancer a ________________look when he offered to teach me to tango.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. We knew the player's injury was a __________when he jumped to his feet and laughed at us.
   1. hoax
   2. cordial
   3. hoaxed
   4. abroad
2. Jess ________________over whether to tell Bob that she had seen him cheating.
   1. manipulated
   2. anguish
   3. anguished
   4. genuine
3. it is not a fake.
   1. genuine
   2. A skeptic is
   3. If something is genuine,
   4. Dissent is
4. the expression of strong disagreement.
   1. dissent
   2. dissented
   3. Dissent is
   4. skeptic
5. The decision to reduce the size of the police force was certainly the cause of a (public dispute that aroused very strong feelings on both sides of the issue).
   1. commences
   2. controversial
   3. cordial
   4. controversy

5 True/False Questions

1. commended → The school year _______________on September 9.

   True        False

2. exhilarate → The sound of a big brass band never fails to _____________the crowds.

   True        False

3. elicited → Banging on the door failed to (bring about) any response from side.

   True        False

4. recount → The candidate who lost by only three votes immediately demanded a ___________.

   True        False

5. genuine → The candidate who lost by only three votes immediately demanded a ___________.

   True        False