This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the suffix of kindness? A) -ful. B) -able. C) -er. D) -ness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ness. 2. "Travel is glamorous only in retrospect." ..... Paul Theroux Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined within the following word:retrospect. A) Backwards. B) Forwards. C) Currently. D) Toward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backwards. 3. What means sound A) Micro. B) Phon. C) Bio. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phon. 4. What word below comes from the root that means "star" ? A) Astronomy. B) Space. C) Sun. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 5. REVIEW:Which root word means mother? A) Mega. B) Manu. C) Mater. D) Pater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mater. 6. A book containing multiple works from an author A) Epilogue. B) Omnibus. C) Eulogy. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnibus. 7. A conversation between two or more characters in a story. A) Monologue. B) Eulogy. C) Dialogue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 8. What is a three horned reptile that is now extinct? A) Triceratops. B) Tricupsid. C) Trilogy. D) Trisect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triceratops. 9. The suffix-ology means; archeology A) To play. B) To answer. C) To study. D) To run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To study. 10. We have used the word science all year. It has the root word "sci" . What does this root word mean? A) Life and limb. B) Scary life. C) Biology. D) To know or learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To know or learn. 11. The suffix-arium meansThe City Zoo has the best terrarium for the iguanas on display. A) One who. B) Place for. C) Study of. D) More than one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place for. 12. Choose the root word of the word that is underlined.The sunset can be so beautiful. I love when you can see yellow, orange, and pink in the sky. A) Beau. B) Ful. C) Tiful. D) Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beauty. 13. The root word PSYCH means A) Mind, spirit. B) Turn. C) Power. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mind, spirit. 14. A word part with a specific meaning at the end of a word. A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffix. 15. A ....., or word part, is an affix that is added to the end of a word. A) Root. B) Base. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffix. 16. Define the root word "mal" A) Bad, evil. B) Life. C) Thrown. D) Back, again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad, evil. 17. Suffix-y means A) Without. B) Characterized by/ like. C) Characteristic of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterized by/ like. 18. "Humans began to rethink their place in the universe." In this sentence, adding the prefix "re-" to think means: A) Synonym of "think". B) Think often. C) To not think. D) To think again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To think again. 19. In which word does the root mean "to write" ? A) Challenges. B) Describes. C) Service. D) Serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describes. 20. To write down or record; to translate. A) Describe. B) Transcribe. C) Subscription. D) Postscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcribe. 21. The girl didn't like to talk. She was antisocial. Anti means ..... A) Very. B) Opposite, against. C) Same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite, against. 22. Prefix bi-means A) Three. B) Four. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 23. Prefix over-means A) Before. B) Not. C) Too much or above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too much or above. 24. The word aloft means the kite was aloft over the trees and hills, as Jim ran through valley as the wind hit his face. A) In the attic. B) Steadily. C) Parallel. D) High up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High up. 25. Which among the words has a prefix? A) Painted. B) Attached. C) Because. D) Belittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belittle. 26. The prefix mis-means Tim was misled to believe he lost his homework walking to school. A) In favor of. B) Cover, in. C) Wrongly. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrongly. 27. What does the word unsafe mean? A) To safe again. B) Always safe. C) Not safe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not safe. 28. In the word inimitable, there is/are ..... affix(es). A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 29. Which of the following roots does NOT mean "one?" A) Deca. B) Un. C) Mono. D) Uni. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deca. 30. What does the word repay mean? A) To pay again. B) Not pay. C) Pay day. D) Pay all the time. 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