This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Reference > Deixis – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Deixis Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a common mistake made by translators regarding the pronoun 'one'? A) Using it without context. B) Using it in place of proper nouns. C) Using it with uncountable nouns. D) Using it too frequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using it with uncountable nouns. 2. What is deixis in literature? A) A type of poem. B) A kind of story ending. C) Words that point to time, place, or people in a story. D) A part of grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words that point to time, place, or people in a story. 3. Why did Old Tung Pao refuse to use Japanese silkworm eggs? A) They were too expensive. B) He was allergic. C) He wanted to protect Chinese tradition. D) He wanted to stop farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to protect Chinese tradition. 4. Yeah, right there A) Spatial deixis. B) Temporary Deixis. C) Personal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spatial deixis. 5. What does a spatial deixis indicate? A) A. The time of an event. B) B. The speaker's location or distance from an object or place. C) C. The speaker's relationship with the listener. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. The speaker's location or distance from an object or place. 6. Which sentence has the italicized word used DEICTICALLY?1. He was just here moments ago! Where is he?2. Oh boy, here we go again. A) 1. B) 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 7. Which is a situational deixis? A) Those days. B) You. C) Today. D) This street. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You. 8. In the story Spring Silkworms, what do silkworms symbolize for the villagers? A) Entertainment. B) A connection to the outside world. C) Tradition and survival. D) Religious belief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition and survival. 9. What is ellipsis in language? A) The omission of words. B) The repetition of phrases. C) The use of synonyms. D) The addition of adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The omission of words. 10. What is the purpose of learning about historical context in stories like Spring Silkworms and Things Fall Apart? A) To memorize old facts. B) To know the author's birthday. C) To better understand the story's meaning and characters. D) To study science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To better understand the story's meaning and characters. 11. What are the ways to reference something? A) Inference, Anaphora, Presupposition. B) Discussion, Statement, Analysis. C) Astonishment, Realia, Transitions. D) Reference, Analytics, Dissertation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference, Anaphora, Presupposition. 12. A. You look about fifteen.B. Is that meant to be a compliment?"that" refers to? A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial Deixis. 13. In which situation is deixis NOT typically used? A) When the object is mentioned multiple times. B) When the object is directly perceived. C) When the author avoids repetition. D) When the object is abstract and countable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the object is abstract and countable. 14. What does social deixis primarily reflect? A) A. Social status and relationships. B) B. Distance and location. C) C. Timing of events. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Social status and relationships. 15. How is the weather there A) Personal Deixis. B) Spatial Deixis. C) Temporal Deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial Deixis. 16. What is deixis primarily used for in language? A) To define grammatical rules. B) To translate idioms. C) To create complex sentences. D) To indicate a situational component. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To indicate a situational component. 17. True or False:Deixis depends entirely on the context of the conversation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. "Go out !"This sentence has ..... deixis A) Person. B) Social. C) Temporal. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spatial. 19. Did you see them A) Personal deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal deixis. 20. Which is an example of distal spatial deixis? A) A. This. B) B. There. C) C. Here. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. There. 21. What are the Types of Deixis? A) Spatial, Personal, Dialectical. B) Personal, Spatial, Temporal. C) Irrational, Temporal, Neural. D) Existential, Martial, Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal, Spatial, Temporal. 22. Which vocabulary word means money that someone owes? A) Cocoon. B) Debt. C) Tradition. D) Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debt. 23. Utterance are easily understood by the people are not present A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. ..... is the study of the relationships between linguistic forms and their users A) Pragmatics. B) Semantics. C) Syntax. D) Morphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics. 25. Tell me who you're with A) Temporary Deixis. B) Spatial deixis. C) Personal Deixis. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal Deixis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesDeixis Quiz 1Deixis Quiz 2Deixis Quiz 3Deixis Quiz 5Anaphora And Cataphora QuizAnaphoric Reference QuizCataphoric Reference QuizDeixis In Discourse QuizReference Devices QuizTextual Deixis Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books