This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Used to point to things (it, this, these) and people (him, them, those idiots) A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) Pragmatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal deixis. 2. What does temporal deixis refer to? A) A. The relationship between speaker and listener. B) B. The timing of an event relative to the time of speaking. C) C. The physical distance of an object. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. The timing of an event relative to the time of speaking. 3. Identify the type of deixis used in the italicized part: "Sir, smoking is not allow here." A) Person. B) Spatial. C) Temporal. D) Social. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social. 4. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"He's gone." A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 5. What does historical context help us understand in literature? A) The writer's name. B) The book's price. C) Spelling rules. D) The background events that shape the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The background events that shape the story. 6. What is the DEICTIC CENTER in this sentence?"John, are you in the room? Im coming in now!" A) Addressee. B) Speaker. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Addressee. 7. Used to point to a time (now, then, last year) A) Personal deixis. B) Pragmatics. C) Temporal deixis. D) Spatial deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal deixis. 8. Hey, hand me that A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Deixis. 9. What is the primary function of deictic pronouns? A) To simplify sentences. B) To create new words. C) To indicate specific references. D) To add adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To indicate specific references. 10. Intentional Communication has to be verbal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. True or False?In English, spatial deixis terms can indicate the space between the subject and the addressee. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. ..... is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context. A) Context. B) Presupposition. C) Inference. D) Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deixis. 13. What does the term 'deictic' refer to? A) A grammatical error. B) A synonym for ellipsis. C) A word that replaces a direct reference. D) A type of noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word that replaces a direct reference. 14. How did Okonkwo feel about his father Unoka? A) He was ashamed of him. B) He admired him. C) He wanted to be like him. D) He was proud of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was ashamed of him. 15. True or False? "How does that sound?" : "That" is a spatial deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. They are having breakfast A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal deixis. 17. El oso y el tigre se retaron a un duelo a muerte, el oso y el tigre se disputaban el reino.si aplicamos deixis personal, las palabras subrayadas se cambian por: A) Ustedes. B) Nosotros. C) Ellos. D) Ellas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellos. 18. The locutionary stage begins at: A) 8 months. B) 6 months. C) 12 months. D) Birth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 months. 19. The action of going is inclusive in the first, exclusive in the second A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Quien puede usar la Deixis espacial? A) Hablante. B) Visualizador. C) Oyente. D) Persona que hable un lenguaje. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persona que hable un lenguaje. 21. When he arrived, he went straight to her, he was right there where he had left them A) Spatial Deixis. B) Temporary Deixis. C) Personal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial Deixis. 22. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the deictic pronoun 'those'? A) Those is a great idea. B) Those is the best option. C) Those are my friends. D) I like those apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those are my friends. 23. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"He's gone home." A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 24. Ki az? Csak nem Marci? A) Anafora. B) Katafora. C) Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katafora. 25. In Spring Silkworms, what was one result of foreign control? A) Silk quality improved. B) Villagers became rich. C) The silk trade suffered. D) More factories opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The silk trade suffered. 26. What is an example of place deixis? A) Tomorrow. B) We. C) Then. D) This place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This place. 27. What is the domain of pragmatics? A) Language use in context. B) Mathematical equations. C) Chemical reactions. D) Study of plant genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language use in context. 28. What kind of man was Unoka? A) Rich and strict. B) Hardworking and successful. C) Joyful but lazy. D) Brave and quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyful but lazy. 29. Deixis is a technical term from A) French. B) Greek. C) UK. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek. 30. How many TYPES of deixis are present in this sentence?"Last week that guy made such a mess that it took us 3 hours to clean up this room." A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. 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