This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 24 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Biodiversity is the: A) Variety of life. B) Number of animals. C) Size of a habitat. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variety of life. 2. What does the word 'aid' in this sentence mean?"The aim of settlement studies is to aid the understanding and interpretation of ancient principles relating to sensitive and appropriate interaction of the built form and its associated landscape" A) A piece equipment that helps you to do something. B) To help someone to do something illegal or wrong. C) To help. D) Money, food, medicine, or other supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help. 3. The factor in an experiment that is kept the same throughout (not changed). A) Dependent variable. B) Control variable. C) Data. D) Independent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Control variable. 4. Summary A) The most important point an author is trying to make about the topic. B) Free of any opinions, personal beliefs, or judgments. C) A brief retelling of a story or restatement of an article. D) To examine parts to see how they work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A brief retelling of a story or restatement of an article. 5. One example of evidence is ..... A) A statement or conclusion that answers a question. B) Scientific data that supports the claim. C) A justification that connects the claim to the evidence. D) A simile or metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific data that supports the claim. 6. How are drama and other forms of literature similar? A) They contain the same structure and point-of-view. B) They contain characters, plot, setting, themes, conflict and literary devices. C) They contain a cast of characters and dialogue. D) They are published in a newspaper format. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They contain characters, plot, setting, themes, conflict and literary devices. 7. A literary element that evokes certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Playwright. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 8. The author wrote this selection mostly to give information. A) The main idea of a story. B) The moral of a story. C) A piece of literature that you or someone else has chosen for you to read. D) Vanilla ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A piece of literature that you or someone else has chosen for you to read. 9. My sister didn't go to university. She did a ..... course in office management. A) Nursery school. B) Vocational. C) Primary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vocational. 10. Keith finished his work. His is the pronoun. Keith is the ..... ? A) Adverb clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Abstract. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antecedent. 11. Prohibition in the 1920's was the ..... of alcohol. A) Increase. B) Ban or forbidding. C) Multiplication. D) Advertisement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ban or forbidding. 12. To include (something) as part of something else A) Relevant. B) Isolate. C) Incorporate. D) Distinguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incorporate. 13. Features on the earth's surface that were made by people. A) Movement. B) Place. C) Human characteristics. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human characteristics. 14. The narrator is a character in the story A) Character. B) 3rd Person POV. C) 2nd Person POV. D) 1st Person POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st Person POV. 15. What is the literary/poetic device diction refer to A) Using the right word or phrase at the right time. B) Using many synonyms of the same word in the poem. C) Writing two words that rhyme. D) Using a complicated word instead of a simple one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using the right word or phrase at the right time. 16. One ..... to tackling the threat of global warming is to tax carbon-producing business. A) AREA. B) ROLE. C) APPROACH. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) APPROACH. 17. The SYNONYM of awareness is: A) Insight. B) Wondered. C) Curious. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insight. 18. The lion hadn't eaten for three days and was beginning to look slender. A) Skeletal. B) Chubby. C) Hungry. D) Thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thin. 19. Calculate A) Division. B) Decompose. C) Compute. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compute. 20. A suffix meaning "full of" OR "having" A) -ly. B) -y. C) -er. D) -less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -y. 21. What is the main idea of a text? A) An opinion, perspectibe or position. B) Important words or phrases. C) A model. D) What a text is mostly about. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What a text is mostly about. 22. The zoo has a (a) of exotic animals. A) A. menagerie. B) Peripheral. C) Fledgling. D) Lavish. E) Occult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. menagerie. 23. Fewer than sixty ..... of those questioned could identify the current Prime Minister. A) PERCENT. B) PERCENTAGE. C) FACTORS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERCENT. 24. Dialogue A) The way an author develops a character over the course of atext. B) Something that occurs in a story. C) Refers to the exact words the characters are saying; generally, dialogue is set offfrom the rest of the text with quotation marks and commas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refers to the exact words the characters are saying; generally, dialogue is set offfrom the rest of the text with quotation marks and commas. 25. How the conflict or problem in a story is solved A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Problem. D) Solution. 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