WOW Quiz 15

“After two years in an overheated university-subsidized apartment, Ashima and Ashoke are ready to purchase a home.” Jhumpa Lahiri  --  The Namesake

What definition of the bold word best fits in the sentence?

• 1. To support (an organization or activity) financially

• 1. To purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy

• 1. To secure the cooperation of by bribery

• 1. To grant money formerly by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs

“After two years in an overheated university-subsidized apartment, Ashima and Ashoke are ready to purchase a home.” Jhumpa Lahiri  --  The Namesake

Why type of sentence is this?

• Compound

• Simple

• Complex

• Compound-complex

 “He saw a little glow ahead of him, and then, without interval, a tall flame leaped up in the dark with a crackling roar, and a tall edifice of fire lighted the pathway.” John Steinbeck  --  The Pearl

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

 “He saw a little glow ahead of him, and then, without interval, a tall flame leaped up in the dark with a crackling roar, and a tall edifice of fire lighted the pathway.” John Steinbeck  --  The Pearl

Which synonym would work best to replace the bold word?

• Artifact

• Apartment building

• Tower

• Organization

“He’s been at this juncture with many students before, but this boy is putting up a fierce fight.” Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen

What definition best fits the bolded word?

• 1. A point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances

• 1. Something by which two things are joined

• 1. The act of joining

• 1. The line or point at which two bodies are joined

“He’s been at this juncture with many students before, but this boy is putting up a fierce fight.” Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen

What type of sentence is this?

• Complex

• Simple

• Compound-complex

• Compound

“He was bleeding badly from a cut on the bridge of his nose, rivulets of red were streaking his face like tears.” Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Verb

“He was bleeding badly from a cut on the bridge of his nose, rivulets of red were streaking his face like tears.” Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

What synonym best fits the underlined word?

• 1. Channels

• 1. Creaks

• 1. Streams

• Oceans

However powerful his imagination might have been, there is a world of richness swirling beneath the Mandelbrot set that was inaccessible to him, but readily visible to an average person today.

—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

However powerful his imagination might have been, there is a world of richness swirling beneath the Mandelbrot set that was inaccessible to him, but readily visible to an average person today.

—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024

What type of sentence is this?

• Compound

• Compound-complex

• Complex

• Simple