1 |
I plodded conscientiously through the twenty _________ letters |
five
six
seven
eight
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2 |
I seemed to have been born ___________ diphtheria |
on
in
with
of
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3 |
I had cholera with _________ complications |
serve
reserve
seven
severe
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4 |
I had Bright's disease in a ________ form |
modified
mortified
mummified
mystified
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5 |
Bright's __________, I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form |
decease
disease
deceive
decrease
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6 |
I learnt that the acute stage would commence in about another __________ |
night
year
month
fortnight
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7 |
Your fate is perhaps worse than you ____________ |
deserved
reserved
conserved
served
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8 |
You fate is perhaps ____________ than you deserved |
bad
worse
worst
good
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9 |
You lie there in a living ________, and your fate is perhaps worse than you deserved |
life
health
joy
death
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10 |
Books are lying there with only a stray rag, sticking out of the slime into the opaque brown _________ |
tides
toads
toasts
tights
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11 |
Horrible bad books, poor ________ books, you are lying there still |
criminal
innocent
culprit
at fault
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12 |
Books were there to lie through and forgotten whilst the unconscious world of __________ went on |
animals
birds
men
beasts
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13 |
As I walked I thought a little sadly of all those books falling into that cold ___________ |
ice
snow
air
torrent
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14 |
No one came, I turned ____________ |
home
house
shop
market
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15 |
A vast splash, then ___________ fell again |
noise
silence
clamour
thud
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16 |
With the courage of despair I took a heave, the sack ___________ sheer |
flew
gilded
dropped
drops
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17 |
Good God: You worm, better men that you have gone to the __________ |
gully
glove
garbage
gallows
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18 |
Anyhow, what if you are ___________ for it? |
hanged
hung
hang
hinge
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19 |
If you ________ now, you must never hold your head up again |
pass
fail
succeed
conquer
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20 |
What under the resolute mask that you show your friends is there really a shrinking and contemptible ____________ |
brave
hero
coward
bold
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