Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 21

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 21 - Day 3

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Start

Congratulations - you have completed Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 21 - Day 3. You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%

Your answers are highlighted below.

Question 1

THE ENLIGHTENED ONE

Siddhartha exchanged his sumptuous* garments for a monk’s yellow robe and went out into the world to do penance for what he considered to be his previous life of sin. First he would cleanse himself by becoming an ascetic; then he would study Hindu wisdom in order to be prepared to help his suffering people. After six years of desultory wandering and attracting only a handful of disciples, Siddhartha came to a huge tree near the Indian city of Gaya. For seven weeks he sat beneath its branches, seeking an answer for his personal torment. Finally, it is said, he underwent a metamorphosis, becoming the Enlightened One—the Buddha.

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the following sentences.

Billy the Vampire is the only extant* _____ of Count Dracula.

A	desultory
B	ascetic
C	metamorphosis
D	disciple
E	penance

Question 2

In a remarkable _____ , her lugubrious* mood changed to one of levity.*

A	desultory
B	ascetic
C	metamorphosis
D	disciple
E	penance

Question 3

Following a lengthy diatribe* against mendacity*, the priest imposed _____ upon the sinner.

A	desultory
B	ascetic
C	metamorphosis
D	metamorphosisdisciple
E	penance

Question 4

The cave of the _____ lacked the opulence* and lush* decoration of his former mansion.

A	desultory
B	ascetic
C	metamorphosis
D	disciple
E	penance

Question 5

Larry’s compositions proceed in a _____ manner despite the supplication* of his English teacher.

A	desultory
B	ascetic
C	metamorphosis
D	disciple
E	penance

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their meanings.

penance

A	change
B	tonement for sin
C	occurring by chance, disconnected
D	one who practices self-denial and devotion
E	follower

Question 7

ascetic (n.)

A	change
B	tonement for sin
C	occurring by chance, disconnected
D	one who practices self-denial and devotion
E	follower

Question 8

desultory

A	change
B	tonement for sin
C	occurring by chance, disconnected
D	one who practices self-denial and devotion
E	follower

Question 9

disciple

A	change
B	tonement for sin
C	occurring by chance, disconnected
D	one who practices self-denial and devotion
E	follower

Question 10

metamorphosis

A	change
B	tonement for sin
C	occurring by chance, disconnected
D	one who practices self-denial and devotion
E	follower

Once you are finished, click the button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect. Get Results

There are 10 questions to complete.

⇦

List

⇨

Return

Shaded items are complete.

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
End

Return

NEW WORDS

penance [pen´ əns]

“I have done penance for condemning Love, Whose high imperious thoughts have punished me With bitter fasts, with penitential groans.” William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

ascetic [ə set´ ik]

“You don’t have to be an ascetic to wonder if there isn’t something a bit manic about the pace of getting and spending in today’s America.” Paul Krugman, “Money Can’t Buy Happiness. Er, Can It?,” New York Times, 6/1/99

desultory [des´ əl tôr´ ē]

“Mortimer enters and, distracted by what his aunts are doing, plants a desultory kiss upon Elaine’s cheek.” Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace

disciple [də sī´ pəl]

“Rick and his disciples dominated the entire summer scene, making it unpleasant for those who were not part of the inner circle.” Ellis R. Sloane, Catskill Idyll [adapted]

metamorphosis [met´ ə mör´ fə sis]

“For nearly a year, the dauber, undergoing metamorphosis, inhabits its silken dung-stoppered cocoon inside the mud cell.” Alan Devoe, “The Mad Dauber”