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Question #1
According to Chaffee, which of the following words would NOT be considered vague?
A.   Eleven
B.   Short
C.   Old
D.   Nice
Question #2
The ___ meaning of a word involves the person who is speaking and the situation in which the word is spoken.
A.   Pragmatic
B.   Syntactic
C.   Symbolic
D.   Semantic
Question #3
According to Chaffee...___ symbolize(s) objects, thoughts, feelings, actions, and concepts.
A.   Art
B.   Ideas
C.   Words
D.   Beliefs
Question #4
In "Ancient Greece to Iraq to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime" Robin Tolmach Lakoff writes about euphemisms in what context?
A.   Education
B.   Sex
C.   Health
D.   War
Question #5
Which of the following types of meaning does NOT contribute to the total meaning of words?
A.   Perceptual meaning
B.   Syntactic meaning
C.   Semantic meaning
D.   Symbolic meaning
Question #6
According to Chaffee, one way to develop an ability to use language effectively is to...
A.   Read (widely)
B.   Debate with others
C.   Think critically
D.   Speak often
Question #7
According to Chaffee, which of the following is not considered to be a living language?
A.   Urdu
B.   Latin
C.   Chinese
D.   English
Question #8
The ___ meaning of a word defines the word's relationship to other words in a sentence.
A.   Symbolic meaning
B.   Semantic meaning
C.   Syntactic meaning
D.   Perceptual meaning
Question #9
According to the author of "An Account of Avianca Flight 52," what word could have potentially prevented the tragedy from happening?
A.   Clearance
B.   Fuel
C.   Emergency
D.   Low
Question #10
To understand the semantic meaning of a word, one often needs to go beyond defining its general properties to identifying examples of the word that embody those properties.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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