An Inspector Calls Act 1 Vocabulary Quiz!

Their adjustment to the changed circumstances is nothing like the frictionless process posited in neoclassical economic models.

In this sentence, adjustment means:

• accomodation

• amazement

• annoyance

• apathy

The opposite of agitation is:

• tranquility

• confusion

• poverty

• invention

Some see this as a heartening sign that Afghanistan's much-abused parliament is becoming more assertive, but others, including the UN boss in the country, Kai Eide, say it will only prolong a paralysis which has afflicted the government for nearly half a year.

In this sentence, assertive means:

• not genuine or real

• of or relating to or caused by putrefaction

• impairing the strength and vitality

• aggressively self-assured

The man with the calm, attentive eyes rose to defend Kira.

In this sentence, attentive means:

• alarming

• observant

• amused

• cruel

They seemed like men totally out of their elements; _____ and amazed, like a troop of schoolboys lost in the woods.

• astonishing

• legitimate

• bewildered

• tactical

Civilized means:

• cultivated

• captivated

• circumstantial

• comparative

He added that the firm had always taken steps to safeguard clients' confidences.

In this sentence, confidences means:

• secrets that are confided or entrusted to another

• databases containing ordered arrays of items

• reserves of money set aside for some purpose

• groups of people related by blood or marriage

Consequence means:

• frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

• formality and propriety of manner

• the quality of being charming or gracious

• the state of having important effects or influence

This country afforded but little food for his animals, nearly ten thousand of which had already starved, and not enough were left to draw a single piece of artillery or even the ambulances to _____ the sick.

• convey

• pledge

• repair

• engage

The young fellow folded his arms and gazed defiantly at his guardian.

In this sentence, defiantly means:

• in a rueful manner

• in a rebellious manner

• in a doubtful manner

• in a pleasant manner