English 101 Unit 5 Quiz

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    Who said "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"?

    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Mark Twain
    • Rudyard Kipling
    • Ayn Rand
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The English 101 Unit 5 Quiz assesses knowledge of famous quotations. It tests recognition of speakers like John Donne and Mark Twain, enhancing understanding of historical and literary contexts.

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  • 2. 

    Who said "No man is an island"?

    • William Shakespeare

    • John Donne

    • Will Rogers

    • Charles Dickens

    Correct Answer
    A. John Donne
  • 3. 

    Who said "there is no humor in heaven"?

    • Mark Twain

    • Will Rogers

    • Jerry Falwell

    • Anton Laveigh

    Correct Answer
    A. Mark Twain
  • 4. 

    What is a 13 letter word meaning "capable of being conceived"?

    • Signification

    • Counter-Claim

    • Heterogeneity

    • Apprehensible

    Correct Answer
    A. Apprehensible
  • 5. 

    The straight line over a vowel to indicate the long form is called a?

    • Vhyphen

    • Tilde

    • Macron

    • Tormen

    Correct Answer
    A. Macron
  • 6. 

    What does it mean "to skelp"?

    • Cheat

    • Slap Or Spank; Also To Hurry Along

    • Clean Fish

    • Sell Hard To Get Tickets

    Correct Answer
    A. Slap Or Spank; Also To Hurry Along
  • 7. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "harshness or roughness of temper"?

    • Instance

    • Temerity

    • Dilatory

    • Asperity

    Correct Answer
    A. Asperity
  • 8. 

    Who said that alimony was "the ransom that the happy pay to the devil"?

    • Charles Dickens

    • Donald Trump

    • H.L. Mencken

    • D.H. Lawrence

    Correct Answer
    A. H.L. Mencken
  • 9. 

    Who said "there are no atheists in fox holes"?

    • Ernest Hemmingway

    • Will Rogers

    • William Thomas Cummings

    • Mark Twain

    Correct Answer
    A. William Thomas Cummings
  • 10. 

    Who said "you can't go home again"?

    • Edgar Allen Poe

    • Mark Twain

    • H.L. Mencken

    • Thomas Wolfe

    Correct Answer
    A. Thomas Wolfe
  • 11. 

    Who said "it's better to die on your feet, than live on your knees"?

    • Dolores Ibarruri

    • Karl Marx

    • Margaret Mitchell

    • Davy Crockett

    Correct Answer
    A. Dolores Ibarruri
  • 12. 

    What is a 7 letter word meaning "ingenuous"?

    • Irksome

    • Adamant

    • Artless

    • Tempter

    Correct Answer
    A. Artless
  • 13. 

    What is a 5 letter word meaning "a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line"?

    • Bight

    • Islet

    • Inane

    • Gauge

    Correct Answer
    A. Bight
  • 14. 

    Who originally wrote "The butterflies are free"?

    • Jerry Garcia

    • Benjamin Franklin

    • Timothy Leary

    • Charles Dickens

    Correct Answer
    A. Charles Dickens
  • 15. 

    What is a 4 letter word meaning "a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows"?

    • Came

    • Bass

    • Fuse

    • Ruth

    Correct Answer
    A. Came

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