Vocab Quiz Persepolis and The Letter

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13 questions

Vocab Quiz Persepolis and The Letter

Last updated over 1 year ago

13 questions

Question 1

What is the definition of 'poverty'?

The state of being extremely rich

The state of being extremely poor

The state of being extremely happy

The state of being extremely sad

Question 2

Define 'Succeed'.

to fail

take over a throne, inheritance, office, or other position from

magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Question 3

Is the definition of 'Splendor' to have a dull and unimpressive appearance?

True

False

Question 4

Which of the following words could be synonyms for 'Frivolities'? Select all that apply.

Seriousness

Lightheartedness

Humor

Importance

Question 5

Explain the term 'Martyr'.

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

lack of seriousness; lightheartedness.

take over a throne, inheritance, office, or other position from

a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Question 6

What does the term 'clandestine' mean?

to clean thoroughly 

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

a slender long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in Africa and southern Asia.

a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being important in social theory, the concept of class as a collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances has been widely used in censuses and in studies of social mobility.

Question 7

Who are the Kurdish people and where are they native to?

a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being important in social theory, the concept of class as a collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances has been widely used in censuses and in studies of social mobility.

People who created Christianity

People who are from the United States

people are an Iranic ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.
In Iran there are about 8.2–12 million of them.

Question 8

Who was Charles Dickens and how is he regarded in literature?

an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

people who are from an Iranic ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.
In Iran there are about 8.2–12 million of them.

a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

Question 9

Define social classes in a societal context?

is a form of government with a monarch (king, queen, etc…)  in charge.

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status. Besides being important in social theory, the concept of class as a collection of individuals sharing similar economic circumstances has been widely used in censuses and in studies of social mobility.

a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

Question 10

10.

What are jackals and where are they found?

a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

a corpse, a dead body.

a slender long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in Africa and southern Asia.

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

Question 11

11.

Who is a peasant and what is their typical occupation?

a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).

thought to have marked the point of no return for the revolution, and it led to the abolition of Iran's monarchy less than a year later. ... The continuation of protests ultimately led to Shah leaving Iran in January 1979, clearing the way for the Iranian Revolution, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

Question 12

12.

Black Friday is thought to have marked the point of no return for the revolution.

True

False

Question 13

13.

Define 'clarify' in a context outside of the culinary field.

a line of hereditary rulers of a country-- meaning the power is kept within one family, generation after generation.

take over a throne, inheritance, office, or other position from

make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible.

magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.