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Quiz about Size and Shape
Quiz about Size and Shape

Size and Shape Trivia Quiz


Check out this quiz on vocabulary words related to size and shape.

A multiple-choice quiz by shs05. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
shs05
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
325,488
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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1062
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Question 1 of 10
1. Say that something is "infinitesimal". To what trait does this term refer? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is meant by describing a populated area as a "megalopolis"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Could Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" be described as "elfin"?


Question 4 of 10
4. Which definition is best suited to the capitalized word in this statement?
"MYRIAD flowers flowed from the house to the edge of the forest."
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Instead of using "petty" in the following sentence, which word could be used?
"The committee thought the plans kept getting bogged down in petty details."
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Would PALATIAL be a correct choice of word when describing the Taj Mahal?


Question 7 of 10
7. The word "Lilliputian" can mean both tiny and narrow-minded.


Question 8 of 10
8. "The amplitude of the student's knowledge amazed the teacher." The best definition of "amplitude" is which of the following choices? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The word "teeming" has the connotation of what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Jalene said she felt a "gargantuan" amount of guilt for eating the last of the brownies. More succinctly, what is the measure of her guilt? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Say that something is "infinitesimal". To what trait does this term refer?

Answer: being too small to be measured

Concepts dealing with size or dimension, whether they be used by a mathematician, a philosopher, or even a photographer, involve dealing with ideas that can range from being infinite, that is, too big to be measured, to being infinitesimal, that which is too tiny to be measured.
2. What is meant by describing a populated area as a "megalopolis"?

Answer: it is a group of cities that have expanded to blend into one large urban area

A megalopolis is a heavily populated urban area, one that includes a number of cities that are connected to one another through suburbs and towns, as if there is no break between the cities.
3. Could Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" be described as "elfin"?

Answer: Yes

"Elfin" refers to someone or something who is fairylike, petite, delicate, merry or even mischievous. Puck certainly fits this description, as does Tinker Bell from Neverland in "Peter Pan".
4. Which definition is best suited to the capitalized word in this statement? "MYRIAD flowers flowed from the house to the edge of the forest."

Answer: innumerable

Actually, the best description would be ten thousand, which is the archaic definition of myriad. It's safe to say that it means the number is too many to actually count easily.
5. Instead of using "petty" in the following sentence, which word could be used? "The committee thought the plans kept getting bogged down in petty details."

Answer: trivial

"Petty" means small to the point of insignificant, and since most of the choices deal with words of large dimension, the best choice would be "trivial", which refers to small or insignificant details.
6. Would PALATIAL be a correct choice of word when describing the Taj Mahal?

Answer: true

"Palatial" is definitely a contender as it refers to being spacious, luxurious or fit for a palace, which describes the grandeur of the Taj Mahal.
7. The word "Lilliputian" can mean both tiny and narrow-minded.

Answer: true

The word Lilliputian comes from the novel "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift. The hero became shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput, where the residents were only six inches tall and had ideas that were as tiny as their height, since they were very small and narrow in scope.
8. "The amplitude of the student's knowledge amazed the teacher." The best definition of "amplitude" is which of the following choices?

Answer: fullness

A student possessing an "amplitude" of knowledge would have a fullness or a breadth of range, which would probably earn him or her a respectable grade in that class.
9. The word "teeming" has the connotation of what?

Answer: being full of something

If a pond were teeming with fish it would be time to grab the fishing pole and grab a net, since teeming means full of something; a very large amount of something is present. Usually, "teeming" refers to quantities of living things.
10. Jalene said she felt a "gargantuan" amount of guilt for eating the last of the brownies. More succinctly, what is the measure of her guilt?

Answer: large

"Gargantuan" refers to something large, bordering on tremendous. Jalene seems to have suffered more than caloric intake when she partook of the remaining brownies.
Source: Author shs05

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