4 Written Questions

1. 1.a great destruction, especially by fire
   After the great 1906 earthquake, a holocaust swept through San Francisco.
   2.murder by the Nazis of over 6 million Jews and millions of other people in WW ll
   Most Americans first learned of the extent of the Holocaust when the Nazi concentration camps were liberated at the end of WW ll.
2. 1.a cure-all for diseases or troubles
   Some politicians seem to regard tax cuts as a panacea for economic problems.
3. 1.universal; including most things
   Her wide travels reflect her catholic taste.
   2.referring to the Roman Catholic church
   Spain is a predominantly Catholic country.
4. 1.to prevent or make impossible
   Rain precluded our taking a walk.

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 1.having unlimited power; all powerful
   To the ancient British tribes the invading of the Roman army seemed omnipotent.
   1. panacea [akos <G.''cure''] n.
   2. omnivorous [vorare<L.''to devour''] adj.
   3. preclude [pre <L. ''before''] tr. v.
   4. omnipotent [potens <L.posse, ''to be able''] adj.
2. 1.a person who avoids mixing with people
   The recluse preferred the company of a dog and the library to that of people.
   1. omnipresent adj.
   2. preclude [pre <L. ''before''] tr. v.
   3. cloister n.
   4. recluse [re<L. intensifier]
3. 1. n. A covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out onto a courtyard
   The cloister of the country house provided a welcome protection from the tropical wsun.
   2. n. A monastery or similar place of religious seclusion
   During the Reformation, many cloisters were closed and their monks or nuns dispersed.
   3.to seclude as in a monastery
   To protect their children from the Black Plague, the parents cloistered them in an isolated village.
   1. panacea [akos <G.''cure''] n.
   2. omnipresent adj.
   3. cloister n.
   4. recluse [re<L. intensifier]
4. 1.referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control
   Under Joseph Stalin the Soviet Union became a totalitarian state.
   1. panacea [akos <G.''cure''] n.
   2. preclude [pre <L. ''before''] tr. v.
   3. totalitarian [pre <L. "before''] adj.
   4. omnivorous [vorare<L.''to devour''] adj.

3 True/False Questions

1. pandemonium [daimon <G. ''divine power''] n. → 1.uproar
   Pandemonium threatens to break out after Julius Caesar is assassinated on the ides of March, but in Shakespeare's play Brutus calms the murderous senators

   True        False

2. omnivorous [vorare<L.''to devour''] adj. → 1.feeding on both plants and meat
   Human beings are omnivorous, though many choose to be vegetarians.
   2. devouring everything, especially intellectually
   She is such a omnivorous reader she has already read all of the library's biographies, science fiction, and sport's magazine.

   True        False

3. omnipresent adj. → 1. n. A covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out onto a courtyard
   The cloister of the country house provided a welcome protection from the tropical wsun.
   2. n. A monastery or similar place of religious seclusion
   During the Reformation, many cloisters were closed and their monks or nuns dispersed.
   3.to seclude as in a monastery
   To protect their children from the Black Plague, the parents cloistered them in an isolated village.

   True        False