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 Thesaurus Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz Thesaurus Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

 Thesaurus Quiz Facts
 Average Score for this quiz: 35.5%
 No of times this quiz has been taken: 101
 No of people passing this quiz: 34
 No of people failing this quiz: 67
 Maximum score for this quiz: 100%

Coverage : The thesaurus tell you about all the words in the world, but how much do you know the thesaurus itself? Take this quiz and find out.

1. The meaning of the word ‘thesaurus’ is:
a.Treasury
b.Tower
c.Teaching
d.Tutelage
 
2. A thesaurus contains:-
a.Detailed meanings of words
b.Explanation of terms
c.Words having similar meanings
d.Proverbs
 
3. When was the Roget’s Thesaurus published?
a.1652
b.1752
c.1852
d.1952
 
4. How are entries in a thesaurus listed?
a.According to an alphabetical order
b.According to the order in which the words were developed
c.According to the length of the words
d.According to a conceptual order
 
5. Which is the largest online thesaurus?
a.Roget’s
b.Webster
c.Wiktionary
d.Simon & Schuster
 
6. Most words in the thesaurus are converted into:
a.Verbs
b.Nouns
c.Adjectives
d.Adverbs
 
7. What is the disambiguation note in a thesaurus called?
a.Footnote
b.Bottom note
c.Scope note
d.Follow note
 
8. A term which has a more general meaning than a particular term is called as:
a.Broader term
b.Open term
c.Expanded term
d.Encompassing term
 
9. What is the correct plural form of thesaurus?
a.Thesaura
b.Thesauruses
c.Thesaureaux
d.Thesauri
 
10. Which of the following is an online thesaurus?
a.eWord
b.eLook
c.eFind
d.eSearch
 
11. What is Oxford’s online thesaurus version called?
a.Oxford’s American Desk
b.Oxford’s Word Find
c.Oxford’s Mountain Desk
d.Oxford’s Reading System
 
12. Who owns Thesaurus.com?
a.Amazon
b.eBay
c.Lexico
d.Yahoo
 

 
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What others think about Thesaurus
By: Samantha on 11/20/2008
  This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun!
By: Kayla on 11/19/2008
  I think this is a great quiz full of knowlodge and information.
By: Penny on 11/18/2008
  NICE WEBSITE, great quiz!
By: Erin on 11/17/2008
  it was a fun and interseting quiz!
By: Tracy on 11/16/2008
  Great test. A nice way to gauge one's knowledge
  



 





 
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