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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. embankment
Answer: mound
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
2. snowbank
Answer: mound
a mound or heap of snow
3. tumulus
Answer: mound
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
4. barrow
Answer: mound
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
5. trip up
Answer: err
make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
6. fall for
Answer: err
be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man''s story"
7. misjudge
Answer: err
judge incorrectly
8. stumble
Answer: err
make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
9. saint ambrose
Answer: composer
(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the C
10. ballad maker
Answer: composer
a composer of words or music for popular songs
11. menotti
Answer: composer
United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911)
12. contrapuntist
Answer: composer
a composer who specializes in counterpoint
13. ingress
Answer: arrival
the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
14. appearance
Answer: arrival
the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt''s last appearance in America"
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