5 Written Questions

1. a pointed or sharpened pole or stake
2. rigid, severe, straight
3. to _______ is to lessen or to calm
4. When you make a _______, you go somewhere or do something that is unusual or not normal for you
5. an early form of a pharmacist

5 Matching Questions

1. corsets
2. domiciled
3. eaves
4. predilection
5. brethren

1. a the lower edges of a roof which usually project beyond the side of a building
2. b in this case, members of a particular church or sect
3. c a corset is a ladies undergarment designed to produce a particular effect on the figure.
4. d a _________ is a preference, or a preferred way of doing something
5. e A ________ is a house or a place where a person lives. If you are________ somewhere, that is where you live.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a minor city official, lower in rank than either a sheriff or a policeman
   1. brethren
   2. ambled
   3. eaves
   4. beadle
2. devotion to religious duties and practices
   1. picket
   2. foray
   3. piety
   4. dictum
3. in this case, a formal statement of principle
   1. domiciled
   2. piety
   3. picket
   4. dictum
4. walked at a slow, leisurely pace.
   1. domiciled
   2. beadle
   3. ramrod
   4. ambled
5. evil
   1. malevolent
   2. beadle
   3. brethren
   4. impotent

5 True/False Questions

1. strictures → in this case, members of a particular church or sect

   True        False

2. human chattels → A ________ is a house or a place where a person lives. If you are________ somewhere, that is where you live.

   True        False

3. impudent → to be _______ is to be shamelessly bold, as if you don't care what anyone thinks about you.

   True        False

4. impotent → powerless

   True        False

5. Methodists → members of a branch of a Protestant Christian denomination

   True        False