ANALOGIES XV

Fill in the blank with one of the choices to complete each analogy. 

1. Xerxes : Persia :: Nebuchadnezzar : ________

    a. Iran

    b. Egypt

    c. Babylon

    d. Mesopotamia

 

2. Clumsy : Botch :: _______ : Shirk

    a. Fumble

    b. Lazy

    c. Work

    d. Awkward

3. Sulk : _______ :: Docile : Obedient

    a. Brood

    b. Willful

    c. Celebrate

    d. Agile

 

4. Entice : _______ :: Flourish : Fade

    a. Explode

    b. Dim

    c. Repel

    d. Lure

 

5. Cheap: Peach :: _______ Large

    a. King

    b. Orange

    c. Majestic

    d. Regal 

6. _______ : Sioux :: Cochise: Apache

   a. Navajo

   b. Crazy Horse

   c. Geronimo

   d. Custer

7. Wed : Dew :: _______ : Meet

    a. Due    

    b. Meat

    c. Marry

    d. Teem

8. Constantinople : Istanbul :: Edo : _______

    a. Ankara

    b.Tokyo

    c. Japan

    d. Turkey

Answers:

 

1. c - Babylon

2. b - Lazy

3. a - Brood (synonyms)

4. c - Repel (opposites)

5. d - Regal (anagrams)

6. b - Crazy Horse

7. d - Teem (reversed anagram)

8. b - Tokyo*

 

* Constantinople is the former name of Istanbul (changed in 1923). Edo is the former name of Tokyo (changed in 1868). Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus between Europe and Asia, but Ankara is the political capital.