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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?
(a) Anglicism.
(b) Francocism.
(c) Eurocentricism.
(d) Europeanism.

2. Smallpox probably diverged from an ancestral African rodent-borne variola-like virus between 16,000 and how many years ago?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 68,000.
(c) 46,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?
(a) Idiom.
(b) Syllogism.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

4. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?
(a) Pharaoh Ramses V.
(b) Pharaoh Thutmose III.
(c) Pharaoh Sekhemib-Perenmaat.
(d) King Edward I.

5. What term means having a vocabulary composed primarily of short, simple words?
(a) Minisyllabic.
(b) Eloquent.
(c) Significant.
(d) Monosyllabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558?

2. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?

3. What refers to both the process and product of planning, designing and construction of buildings or structures?

4. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?

5. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?

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