In Praise Of The Humble Comma

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Quiz on “In Praise of the Humble Comma” 1. ________ has a point: to keep up law and order a)Punctuation b)Pico Iyer c)The comma d)The colon 2. ________ has the unblinking finality of a red light a)Death b)The period c)Punctuation d)The comma 3. ________ is a flashing yellow light that asks us only to slow down a) The comma b)The colon c) Punctuation d)The period 4. ________is a sign that tells us to ease gradually to a halt, before gradually starting up again a)The period b)Punctuation c)Semicolon d)The comma 5. By establishing the relations between words,_______ establishes the relations between the people and words. a)Tone b)Diction c)Punctuation d)Spatial order 6. ________ first felt free to commit God to the lower case a)Cummings b)Iyer c)Wolfe d)Swerdlow 7. _______ catch the gentle drift of the mind in thought a)Commas b)Periods c)Question marks d)Colons 8. A comma _______ inseparables a)Identifies b)Separates c)Replaces d)Ignores 9. ________ become(s) the signature of cultures a)Boats b)Aesthetics c)Apostrophes d)Punctuation 10. Popping in a _______ can be like slipping on a necklace (adding elegance) a)Question mark b)DeLorean c)Comma d)Clause 11. A______________ is as unsightly as a sink piled high with dirty dishes a)Run-on sentence b)Comma splice c)Dropped apostrophe d)Properly punctuated sentence 12. No one scans a letter as close as a ________ a)Teacher b)Lover c)Clown d)Lawyer 13. No one can pierce the heart with such lovely words; a_____ can let us hear a voice break, or a heart a)Well written narrative b)Period c)Comma b)Speaker 14. Who is the author of “In Praise of the Humble Comma” a)You b)Pico Iyer c)Alberto Manguel d)Stephen King 15. Punctuation, in fact, is a labour of ______ a)Love b)Hate c)Rhyme d)Care 16. _________, in short,
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