This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis In Discourse – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis In Discourse Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a temporal deixis? A) She. B) Next week. C) Left. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Next week. 2. What is a deixis? A) A grammar rule for sentence structure. B) A word or phrase whose meaning depends on context. C) A type of punctuation. D) A way to describe tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word or phrase whose meaning depends on context. 3. Spatial deixis indicates: A) Time. B) Location. C) People. D) Things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location. 4. ..... depends on the time when the utterance is produced. A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Person deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis. 5. The word "we" refers to personal deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. The team submitted the output this morning. A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) Textual Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal Deixis. 7. What type of deixis is used in referring to the listener's or speaker's relationship (e.g. Sir, Ma'am, dude)? A) Social deixis. B) Discourse deixis. C) Spatial deixis. D) Personal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social deixis. 8. Two different expressions can have the same referent. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What is the role of context in pragmatic interpretation? A) It provides a framework for meaning. B) It complicates understanding. C) It is irrelevant to communication. D) It eliminates ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It provides a framework for meaning. 10. Identify the spatial deixis in: "Once you're inside, the treasure will be found on your right." A) Your right. B) Inside. C) The treasure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your right. 11. However, within the city of Berlin, there was no such security system. People were still able to pass freely from East to West and they did. A) East of Germany-people. B) East of Berlin-people. C) East of Germany-Germans. D) West of berlin-Germans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) East of Berlin-people. 12. ..... depends on the identity of the speaker. A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Person deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person deixis. 13. Which of the following shows discourse deixis? A) We are here. B) I saw that in the conclusion. C) They will come tomorrow. D) This road is long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw that in the conclusion. 14. "Now" is a discourse deixis because it signals a part of the conversation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Now nobody could escape to the West; East Germans were truly prisoners of their own country. The Berlin Wall separated families and ruined people's lives. A) Anaphoric. B) Cataphoric. C) Exophoric. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cataphoric. 16. News reporter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reports of the following:This city has witnessed a flood as a result of the heavy rain. This city refers to? A) Spatial Deixis. B) Temporal Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial Deixis. 17. I could swim when I was a child. The temporal deixis "When" is? A) Proximal forms. B) Distal forms. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distal forms. 18. Attributive use is regarding to a specific person who is referred to, although his/her name or some other description is not used. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. "Whenever I see Kristen, she wears that same coat." She and that refers to? A) Temporal and Person Deixis. B) Person and Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal and Spatial Deixis. D) Person Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person and Spatial Deixis. 20. Now, today, tomorrow, and then are proximal deixis. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. "Now" is an example of: A) Proximal spatial deixis. B) Distal temporal deixis. C) Distal person deixis. D) Proximal temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proximal temporal deixis. 22. "My friend Anne is really gorgeous"What is My friend refers to? A) Personal Deixis. B) Textual Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Deixis. 23. She put them on, then she slipped out of bed and tiptoed over to the window. A) Personal-spatial. B) Spatial-spatial. C) Personal (distal)-spatial. D) Temporal-spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial-spatial. 24. Which of the following is an example of personal deixis? A) Here. B) Today. C) I. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 25. What kind of deixis is the word "you" ? A) Spatial. B) Social. C) Personal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal. Next →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis In Discourse Quiz 2Deixis In Discourse Quiz 3Deixis In Discourse Quiz 4Deixis In Discourse Quiz 5Deixis In Discourse Quiz 6Deixis In Discourse Quiz 7Deixis In Discourse Quiz 8Anaphora And Cataphora QuizAnaphoric Reference QuizCataphoric Reference QuizDeixis QuizReference Devices QuizTextual Deixis Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books