English 101 Unit 5 Quiz

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1.

Who said "it's better to die on your feet, than live on your knees"?
- A.
  
  Dolores Ibarruri
- B.
  
  Karl Marx
- C.
  
  Margaret Mitchell
- D.
  
  Davy Crockett
2.

Who said "No man is an island"?
- A.
  
  William Shakespeare
- B.
  
  John Donne
- C.
  
  Will Rogers
- D.
  
  Charles Dickens
3.

Who said that alimony was "the ransom that the happy pay to the devil"?
- A.
  
  Charles Dickens
- B.
  
  Donald Trump
- C.
  
  H.L. Mencken
- D.
  
  D.H. Lawrence
4.

Who said "there are no atheists in fox holes"?
- A.
  
  Ernest Hemmingway
- B.
  
  Will Rogers
- C.
  
  William Thomas Cummings
- D.
  
  Mark Twain
5.

Who said "there is no humor in heaven"?
- A.
  
  Mark Twain
- B.
  
  Will Rogers
- C.
  
  Jerry Falwell
- D.
  
  Anton Laveigh
6.

Who said "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"?
- A.
  
  Ernest Hemingway
- B.
  
  Mark Twain
- C.
  
  Rudyard Kipling
- D.
  
  Ayn Rand
7.

Who said "you can't go home again"?
- A.
  
  Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
  
  Mark Twain
- C.
  
  H.L. Mencken
- D.
  
  Thomas Wolfe
8.

Who originally wrote "The butterflies are free"?
- A.
  
  Jerry Garcia
- B.
  
  Benjamin Franklin
- C.
  
  Timothy Leary
- D.
  
  Charles Dickens
9.

The straight line over a vowel to indicate the long form is called a?
- A.
  
  Vhyphen
- B.
  
  Tilde
- C.
  
  Macron
- D.
  
  Tormen
10.

What does it mean "to skelp"?
- A.
  
  Cheat
- B.
  
  Slap Or Spank; Also To Hurry Along
- C.
  
  Clean Fish
- D.
  
  Sell Hard To Get Tickets
11.

What is a 13 letter word meaning "capable of being conceived"?
- A.
  
  Signification
- B.
  
  Counter-Claim
- C.
  
  Heterogeneity
- D.
  
  Apprehensible
12.

What is a 7 letter word meaning "ingenuous"?
- A.
  
  Irksome
- B.
  
  Adamant
- C.
  
  Artless
- D.
  
  Tempter
13.

What is an 8 letter word meaning "harshness or roughness of temper"?
- A.
  
  Instance
- B.
  
  Temerity
- C.
  
  Dilatory
- D.
  
  Asperity
14.

What is a 5 letter word meaning "a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line"?
- A.
  
  Bight
- B.
  
  Islet
- C.
  
  Inane
- D.
  
  Gauge
15.

What is a 4 letter word meaning "a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows"?
- A.
  
  Came
- B.
  
  Bass
- C.
  
  Fuse
- D.
  
  Ruth