Act 2, Pages 56-69

Question 1

Idle

Answer 1

avoiding work; lazy

Question 2

Indignantly

Answer 2

in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair.

Question 3

Heathenism

Answer 3

a belief or practice of heathens

Question 4

Forlornly

Answer 4

desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. lonely and sad; forsaken. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances. bereft; destitute: forlorn of comfort.

Question 5

Dejection

Answer 5

a sad and depressed state; low spirits.

Question 6

Sophisticate

Answer 6

a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

Question 7

Accommodate

Answer 7

fit in with the wishes or needs of.

Question 8

Mutilate

Answer 8

inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Question 9

Assimilationism

Answer 9

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially. There are different forms of cultural assimilation.

Question 10

Incredulity

Answer 10

the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something.

Question 11

Recitation

Answer 11

the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

Question 12

Acutely

Answer 12

(with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely.

Question 13

Haphazardly

Answer 13

in a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization.