Vocabulary Test About HISTORY Choose The Correct Answer MCQ Exercise 106
Question 1 |
With an eighty-hour week and little chance or time for enjoyment, life must have been very ........... for the nineteenth-century factory worker.
A | anxious |
B | dark |
C | hard |
D | pessimistic |
Question 2 |
A scholarship has been endowed to ........... the memory of Sister Mary's work among the blind.
A | encourage |
B | foster |
C | perpetuate |
D | prolong |
Question 3 |
These tribes still ........... the years of colonial domination bitterly.
A | disregard |
B | grudge |
C | object |
D | resent |
Question 4 |
Those columns have no practical purpose. They are purely ...........
A | conspicuous |
B | decorative |
C | gaudy |
D | outstanding |
Question 5 |
This castle has not been lived in for years and the rooms smell very ...........
A | dirty |
B | greasy |
C | grimy |
D | musty |
Question 6 |
Through the centuries of burning heat, the old castle walls had gradually ........... and little was left of them now.
A | crumbled |
B | crumpled |
C | powdered |
D | shattered |
Question 7 |
There could have been a war over the disputed area but in the end reason ...........
A | counted |
B | induced |
C | prevailed |
D | survived |
Question 8 |
The stone for building the cathedral was obtained from local ...........
A | excavations |
B | mines |
C | pits |
D | quarries |
Question 9 |
Medieval travellers' tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always ...........
A | conceivable |
B | credible |
C | credulous |
D | imaginable |
Question 10 |
The ........... of the town-name is unknown, but it is certainly not from any Latin-based language.
A | descent |
B | derivation |
C | extract |
D | genesis |
Question 11 |
The castle was surrounded by a ..........., which nowadays contains only occasional rainwater.
A | dyke |
B | fence |
C | hedge |
D | moat |
Question 12 |
The Duke had to sell the castle because he could no longer afford its ...........
A | outlay |
B | subscription |
C | sustenance |
D | upkeep |
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