This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis In Discourse – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis In Discourse Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Discourse deixis refers to things in the environment, like "behind the curtain." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Deixis is a term that refers to pointing via language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which is temporaldeictic expressions? A) Today. B) There. C) You, I. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Today. 4. What type of reference refers to the success of the act of reference that does not depend on the individual features, only the class? A) Definite. B) Indefinite. C) Generic. D) Locative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indefinite. 5. 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. The word is refering to ..... A) Germany. B) Berlin. C) Germans. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germans. 6. "I'll do that later." -What type of deixis is "later" ? A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporal deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) Proximal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis. 7. Which sentence contains social deixis? A) He is sitting over there. B) I'll see you tomorrow. C) Good morning, Professor. D) This book is interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good morning, Professor. 8. ..... reference is the use of a word or a group of words which refer back to another part of the text. A) Anaphoric. B) Cataphoric. C) Exphoric. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphoric. 9. "Whenever I see John, he wears that same coat." He and That refers to? A) Temporal deixis and Personal deixis. B) Personal deixis and Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal deixis and Spatial deixis. D) Spatial deixis and Social deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal deixis and Spatial Deixis. 10. "Whenever I see John, he wears that same coat"He and That refers to? A) Temporal and Personal deixis. B) Personal and Spatial Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal and Spatial Deixis. 11. Let's go to the cinema. A) Exclusive. B) Inclusive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inclusive. 12. "Let's go there after lunch." -Identify the deixis in "there." A) Temporal deixis. B) Distal deixis. C) Spatial deixis. D) Proximal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial deixis. 13. Provide an example of time deixis. A) I will call you tomorrow. B) We will meet at noon. C) Next week, we will start a new project. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will call you tomorrow. 14. "Come home!" is used to mark movement towards the speaker. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which of the following is an example of social deixis? A) The results will be announced tomorrow. B) The conference will be held there. C) Good afternoon, Sir. D) I would appreciate it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good afternoon, Sir. 16. The reference appears to work between all members of a community who share an unfamiliar language and culture. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What does social deixis reflect? A) Physical locations. B) Temporal relationships. C) Social roles and relationships. D) Discourse cohesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social roles and relationships. 18. News reporter from Ha Tinh, Viet Nam reports of the following:Ha Tinh has witnessed a flood as a result of the heavy rain.Ha Tinh refers to? A) Person Deixis. B) Temporal Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial Deixis. 19. Which sentence uses a relational social deixis? A) A. My teacher gave us homework. B) B. There is a book on the table. C) C. The weather is nice today. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. My teacher gave us homework. 20. ..... is a linguistic part of the environment in which a referring expression is used. A) Physical context. B) Co-text. C) Referent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Co-text. 21. "now" is the proximal form of temporal deixis A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. "She is going to The Weekend concert, but she is stuck in a traffic."She refers to? A) Temporal Deixis. B) Personal Deixis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal Deixis. 23. "In the next part" refers to discourse deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which of these is an example of discourse deixis? A) Over there. B) That part of the chapter. C) Right now. D) You and I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That part of the chapter. 25. Deictic expressions are most commonly used in written communication. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis In Discourse Quiz 1Deixis In Discourse Quiz 2Deixis In Discourse Quiz 3Deixis 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