A Fantasy Novel and Its Readers

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What does intrigue refer to in the courtiers' conduct?A. A secret deceptive scheme involving altered ceremonial messages.B. A routine delivery completed exactly as publicly instructed.C. An openly announced procedure understood and accepted by everyone.D. A friendly difference of opinion that nobody tries to conceal.

2Loyalties that are so closely entangled that they cannot readily be separated are _____.A. independentB. detachableC. inextricableD. unrelated

3Which experience is vicarious?A. A guest feels uncomfortable because the guest personally drops a glass at dinner.B. A speaker recalls embarrassment from a speech the speaker personally delivered.C. The messenger herself feels embarrassment while giving the dinner speech.D. A reader feels embarrassment through the messenger's awkward fictional dinner speech.

Return to the reading

Return to top