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🎯 Metonymy – Quiz 4
1. Lend me your ear.
A) Listen to me.
B) Borrowing your earphones.
2. What is Metonymy?.
A) Metonymy is a figure of speech in which an object or idea is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.
B) Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
3. Wrap your _____ around the problem.
A) Brains.
B) Lips.
C) Hands.
D) Teeth.
4. Which part of the following sentence involves a metonymy? Both productions are set in a women's prison, with the actors playing prisoners who are playing Shakespeare.
A) Playing Shakespeare.
B) Both productions.
C) Women's prison.
D) Playing prisoners.
5. The boy is in good hands.
A) Synecdoche .
B) Metonymy.
C) The suits.
D) On Wall Street.
E) Made the decision.
6. An author/ a producer/ a place where goods are made substitutes for _____ CHOOSE A, B or C.
A) A person.
B) An agent.
C) His works.
7. The company has taken on a lot of new blood this year.
A) Earned a money a lot.
B) New people with a fresh approach to the company.
8. Which of the following is an example of metonymy?.
A) Using the word 'crown' to refer to a monarch.
B) Using the word 'scepter' to refer to a monarch.
C) Using the word 'throne' to refer to a monarch.
D) Using the word 'robe' to refer to a monarch.
9. Hollywood has a lot of blockbusters coming out this winter.
A) Metonymy.
B) Synecdoche.
10. Which of the following expressions exemplify the same metonymic pattern? The expression "a roof over your head" is to "house" what.
A) "white-collar worker" is to "office work".
B) "the big screen" is to "Hollywood".
C) "four wheels" is to "car".
D) "Wimbledon" is to "a tournament".
11. If I refer to my car as my "wheels, " it's a.
A) Metonymy.
B) Synecdoche.
12. In the following sentence, 'brains' is an example of metonymy that stands in for what big idea:'If Tom had any brains, he would stop drinking battery acid on a dare.'.
A) Intelligence and maturity.
B) Thoughts.
C) Feelings.
D) Ideas.
13. The Court's verdict was "guilty.".
A) Metonymy.
B) Synecdoche.