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TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms	1.   Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.                     A) short, witty sayings   B) eclogues     C) minstrels       D) epitaphs                   2.   The author wrote an epilogue to his book explaining that some of his earlier impressions were wrong.                     A) prologue   B) prelude     C) foreword       D) afterword                   3.   The year she spent in Paris was an important episode in her career.                     A) event   B) achievement     C) memory       D) accident                   4.   This year we are studying the epistles of some famous poets.                     A) biographies   B) autobiographies     C) accounts       D) letters                   5.   In his will, he dictated the epitaph to be engraved on his tombstone.                     A) jargon   B) aphorism     C) maxim       D) inscription                   6.   Homer's writings are replete with such epithets as " resourceful Odysseus. "                     A) enumerations   B) songs     C) poems       D) descriptive words or phrases                   7.   This final book is the epitome of all his previous ones.                     A) branch   B) sequence     C) serial       D) summing-up             8.   The invention of the computer marked a new epoch in history.               A) chapter       B) significance       C) title       D) era             9.   Having seen people come and go, he came to acquire an equable temper.               A) tranquil       B) irritable       C) radical       D) pessimistic             10.   In his later years, he could look upon the foolishness of the world with equanimity and humor.               A) apprehension       B) calmness       C) perturbation       D) discomposure	Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions