Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term 'homage' mean?

• A. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• B. Practice in Chinese society to tie up women's feet in order to make them smaller

• C. Honor or respect shown publicly

• D. Raised platform for speakers or other important people

What are 'biddings'?

• A. Commands or orders

• B. Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

• C. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

• D. Persistent in effort; stubborn

What does 'docile' mean?

• A. Easily taught, led, or managed; obedient

• B. Mistress; woman lower than a wife

• C. Very angry; enraged

• D. A thin porridge or soup

What is a 'concubine'?

• A. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• B. Practice in Chinese society to tie up women's feet in order to make them smaller

• C. Mistress; woman lower than a wife

• D. Raised platform for speakers or other important people

What is a 'dowry'?

• A. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• B. Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

• C. Honor or respect shown publicly

• D. Raised platform for speakers or other important people

What is a 'geisha'?

• A. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• B. Practice in Chinese society to tie up women's feet in order to make them smaller

• C. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

• D. Persistent in effort; stubborn

What does 'perplexities' mean?

• A. Never stopping, going on all the time

• B. Very angry; enraged

• C. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• D. Things that are confusing and difficult to understand

What does 'gilt' or 'gilded' mean?

• A. Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint

• B. Very angry; enraged

• C. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• D. Raised platform for speakers or other important people

What is the 'zenith'?

• A. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• B. Practice in Chinese society to tie up women's feet in order to make them smaller

• C. The highest point

• D. Persistent in effort; stubborn

What does 'doggedly' mean?

• A. Never stopping, going on all the time

• B. Very angry; enraged

• C. Bold disrespect or rudeness

• D. Persistent in effort; stubborn