This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Elliptical Structures – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elliptical Structures Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She is ..... happy with her new dress. A) Extremely. B) Very. C) Not at all. D) Slightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very. 2. Ethan was not happy about that, and neither was I.is it elliptical construction? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. In "Elliptical, " who are the most likely speakers? A) Recent immigrants. B) Elected officials. C) Mainstream society. D) Oppressed group of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mainstream society. 4. John always studies hard and ..... A) Neither do Mark. B) So does Mark. C) Mark doesnot either. D) Mark is too. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So does Mark. 5. I did'nt go to school yesterday, and ..... A) He doesn't either. B) He didn't neither. C) He isn't either. D) He didn't either. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He didn't either. 6. The teacher ..... the use of the verb to the class for 2 hours. A) Has explained. B) Had explained. C) Have explained. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has explained. 7. I can ..... swim nor ride a bike. A) None. B) Both. C) Either. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither. 8. How is a prose poem different from other poetry? A) It as a specific theme and sticks with that theme throughout. B) It doesn't have the line breaks most often found in poetry, but they contain other poetic techniques such as repetition or rhyme. C) It does not have any rhyme or theme. D) It is an emotional poem with only 4 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It doesn't have the line breaks most often found in poetry, but they contain other poetic techniques such as repetition or rhyme. 9. She can ..... sing nor dance. A) Neither. B) None. C) Both. D) Either. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither. 10. THEME:Of the following explanations, which best explains the implications of the ellipses, or set of three dots, that appear throughout the poem? A) The speakers have been interrupted by someone or something. B) The speakers are too hesitant or confused to finish their remarks. C) The statements are so predictable that they need not be completed. D) The omitted words are considered vulgar or otherwise inappropriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The statements are so predictable that they need not be completed. 11. SHIFTS:The poem seems to shift somewhat when it begins "On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to ..... Nor can it be denied that they ..... Nevertheless their behavior strikes us as ..... ". This shift could reasonably be described as: A) Evidence. B) A reason. C) A counterclaim and rebuttal. D) A claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A counterclaim and rebuttal. 12. They were the best students in class A) I did too. B) Me neither. C) I was too. D) I do too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was too. 13. What orbit shape would be created if the 2 foci were very close together? A) Circle. B) Oval. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle. 14. MOTHER DRINKS COFFEE2. FATHER DRINKS COFFEE" MOTHER DRINKS COFFEE AND ..... " A) FATHER IS, TOO. B) FATHER DID, TOO. C) FATHER WAS, TOO. D) FATHER DOES, TOO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FATHER DOES, TOO. 15. I have never been to Bali, and ..... A) My family are too. B) So did my family. C) My family don't either. D) Neither have my family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither have my family. 16. John and Anna laughed at his jokes, ..... A) But Nadine not. B) And also Nadine. C) And so Nadine did. D) And neither did Nadine. E) But Nadine didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) But Nadine didn't. 17. Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is neither journalistically accurate ..... A) A piece of fiction. B) Nor a fictitious work. C) Or written in a fictitious way. D) Nor completely fictitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nor completely fictitious. 18. A traditional sonnet ..... A) Looks like prose. B) Has 14 lines and stops. C) Uses three quatrains stanzas and a couplet. D) Expresses love and adoration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses three quatrains stanzas and a couplet. 19. In "Fences, " why does the poet title it "Fences" ? A) Show the divide between tourists and the speaker. B) Help with the imagery of a cactus fence. C) To show the hard work of smoothing a beach. D) Show differences between the old and young generations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show the divide between tourists and the speaker. 20. " ..... ". Neither will she. A) I won't go to the party tomorrow. B) Do i have to go to the party?. C) Nor will I go to the party tomorrow. D) I will go to the party tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I won't go to the party tomorrow. 21. Lina's classroom is tidy and clean and ..... A) Neither is Dayu's. B) Dayu's is too. C) Dayu's isn't either. D) So Dayu's is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dayu's is too. 22. Actual brightness of a star is known as A) Apparent magnitude. B) Apparent brightness. C) Absolute magnitude. D) Absolute brightness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute magnitude. 23. Catherine didn't like the movie, and ..... did her friends.the correct answer is ..... A) But. B) Either. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 24. We aren't listening to the music, and the children aren't ..... the correct answer is ..... A) Neither. B) Too. C) Either. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either. 25. The first plan doesn't work, and the other back up plans ..... A) Does too. B) Do too. C) Don't either. D) Doesn't either. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't either. 26. DIANA WILL PLAY GAMES2. WILSON WILL PLAY GAMES" DIANA WILL PLAY GAMES AND ..... " A) SO DOES WILSON. B) SO IS WILSON. C) SO WILL WILSON. D) SO DID WILSON. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SO WILL WILSON. 27. He did not buy pizza and ..... I. A) Either did. B) Neither do. C) Neither does. D) Neither did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither did. 28. What planet is the most elongated, elliptical, eccentric? A) Saturn (0.054). B) Earth (0.017). C) Mercury (0.206). D) Venus (0.007). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury (0.206). 29. In "Sonnet, With Bird, " what has happened to make the speaker so sorrowful? A) A conversation with his mother about a friend. B) Missing his wife at home. C) The death of a childhood friend. D) Moving off the reservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving off the reservation. 30. He doesn't need to study. A) I don't need either. B) Neither do I. C) I should either. D) Neither need I. 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