Cloze Test Quiz -6

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On the morning of the tenth day after _(1)_ Athens, Miltiades drew up his army in order of battle. He was obliged to perilously weaken his center in order to _(2)_ the whole of the Persian army, so as to avoid the danger of being outflanked and surrounded. The Greeks began the battle by a _(3)_ attack along the whole line, endeavoring to close in a hand-to-hand conflict as soon as possible, so as to avoid the deadly arrows of the Persians, and to take the advantage of their heavier arms. The Persians were greatly _(4)_ when they saw this little band rushing against them with such a headlong dash, and thought that the Greeks must have been seized with madness. The Persian general had _(5)_ his forces at the center, and at this part of the battle-field the fiery onset of Greeks was checked by mere weight of numbers. But at length the mighty Persian force moved irresistibly forward, forcing the Greeks slowly backward, fighting, dying, but never yielding. Soon the Greek army was cut in two, and the Persians marched proudly onward to assured victory.

On the morning of the tenth day after _(1)_ Athens, Miltiades drew up his army in order of battle. He was obliged to perilously weaken his center in order to _(2)_ the whole of the Persian army, so as to avoid the danger of being outflanked and surrounded. The Greeks began the battle by a _(3)_ attack along the whole line, endeavoring to close in a hand-to-hand conflict as soon as possible, so as to avoid the deadly arrows of the Persians, and to take the advantage of their heavier arms. The Persians were greatly _(4)_ when they saw this little band rushing against them with such a headlong dash, and thought that the Greeks must have been seized with madness. The Persian general had _(5)_ his forces at the center, and at this part of the battle-field the fiery onset of Greeks was checked by mere weight of numbers. But at length the mighty Persian force moved irresistibly forward, forcing the Greeks slowly backward, fighting, dying, but never yielding. Soon the Greek army was cut in two, and the Persians marched proudly onward to assured victory.

On the morning of the tenth day after _(1)_ Athens, Miltiades drew up his army in order of battle. He was obliged to perilously weaken his center in order to _(2)_ the whole of the Persian army, so as to avoid the danger of being outflanked and surrounded. The Greeks began the battle by a _(3)_ attack along the whole line, endeavoring to close in a hand-to-hand conflict as soon as possible, so as to avoid the deadly arrows of the Persians, and to take the advantage of their heavier arms. The Persians were greatly _(4)_ when they saw this little band rushing against them with such a headlong dash, and thought that the Greeks must have been seized with madness. The Persian general had _(5)_ his forces at the center, and at this part of the battle-field the fiery onset of Greeks was checked by mere weight of numbers. But at length the mighty Persian force moved irresistibly forward, forcing the Greeks slowly backward, fighting, dying, but never yielding. Soon the Greek army was cut in two, and the Persians marched proudly onward to assured victory.

On the morning of the tenth day after _(1)_ Athens, Miltiades drew up his army in order of battle. He was obliged to perilously weaken his center in order to _(2)_ the whole of the Persian army, so as to avoid the danger of being outflanked and surrounded. The Greeks began the battle by a _(3)_ attack along the whole line, endeavoring to close in a hand-to-hand conflict as soon as possible, so as to avoid the deadly arrows of the Persians, and to take the advantage of their heavier arms. The Persians were greatly _(4)_ when they saw this little band rushing against them with such a headlong dash, and thought that the Greeks must have been seized with madness. The Persian general had _(5)_ his forces at the center, and at this part of the battle-field the fiery onset of Greeks was checked by mere weight of numbers. But at length the mighty Persian force moved irresistibly forward, forcing the Greeks slowly backward, fighting, dying, but never yielding. Soon the Greek army was cut in two, and the Persians marched proudly onward to assured victory.

On the morning of the tenth day after _(6)_ Athens, Miltiades drew up his army in order of battle. He was obliged to perilously weaken his center in order to _(7)_ the whole of the Persian army, so as to avoid the danger of being outflanked and surrounded. The Greeks began the battle by a _(8)_ attack along the whole line, endeavoring to close in a hand-to-hand conflict as soon as possible, so as to avoid the deadly arrows of the Persians, and to take the advantage of their heavier arms. The Persians were greatly _(9)_ when they saw this little band rushing against them with such a headlong dash, and thought that the Greeks must have been seized with madness. The Persian general had _(10)_ his forces at the center, and at this part of the battle-field the fiery onset of Greeks was checked by mere weight of numbers. But at length the mighty Persian force moved irresistibly forward, forcing the Greeks slowly backward, fighting, dying, but never yielding. Soon the Greek army was cut in two, and the Persians marched proudly onward to assured victory.

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The literary mind is strengthened and nurtured, is influenced and mastered, by the __(6)__ riches of literature. In the last century the strongest thinkers in our language were Englishmen, and not only the traditional but the __(7)__ influences on our thinkers and artists were British. This may account for one negative characteristic of American literature – its lack of American quality. True, our records must reflect our life. Our poets, __(8)__ of nightingales and Persian gardens, have not altogether forgotten the mocking-bird and the woods of Maine. Fiction, written by inhabitants of New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, does tell us something of the ways of life in those mighty commonwealths, just as English fiction written by Lancashire men about Lancashire people is __(9)__ with the dialect, the local habits and scenery of that county. But wherever an English-speaking man of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is subject to the strong arm of the empire of English literature; he cannot escape it; it tears him out of his __(10)__ bed and makes a happy slave of him. He is assigned to the department of the service for which his gifts qualify him, and his special education is undertaken by drill-masters and captains who hail from provinces far from his birthplace.

The literary mind is strengthened and nurtured, is influenced and mastered, by the __(6)__ riches of literature. In the last century the strongest thinkers in our language were Englishmen, and not only the traditional but the __(7)__ influences on our thinkers and artists were British. This may account for one negative characteristic of American literature – its lack of American quality. True, our records must reflect our life. Our poets, __(8)__ of nightingales and Persian gardens, have not altogether forgotten the mocking-bird and the woods of Maine. Fiction, written by inhabitants of New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, does tell us something of the ways of life in those mighty commonwealths, just as English fiction written by Lancashire men about Lancashire people is __(9)__ with the dialect, the local habits and scenery of that county. But wherever an English-speaking man of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is subject to the strong arm of the empire of English literature; he cannot escape it; it tears him out of his __(10)__ bed and makes a happy slave of him. He is assigned to the department of the service for which his gifts qualify him, and his special education is undertaken by drill-masters and captains who hail from provinces far from his birthplace.

The literary mind is strengthened and nurtured, is influenced and mastered, by the __(6)__ riches of literature. In the last century the strongest thinkers in our language were Englishmen, and not only the traditional but the __(7)__ influences on our thinkers and artists were British. This may account for one negative characteristic of American literature – its lack of American quality. True, our records must reflect our life. Our poets, __(8)__ of nightingales and Persian gardens, have not altogether forgotten the mocking-bird and the woods of Maine. Fiction, written by inhabitants of New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, does tell us something of the ways of life in those mighty commonwealths, just as English fiction written by Lancashire men about Lancashire people is __(9)__ with the dialect, the local habits and scenery of that county. But wherever an English-speaking man of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is subject to the strong arm of the empire of English literature; he cannot escape it; it tears him out of his __(10)__ bed and makes a happy slave of him. He is assigned to the department of the service for which his gifts qualify him, and his special education is undertaken by drill-masters and captains who hail from provinces far from his birthplace.

The literary mind is strengthened and nurtured, is influenced and mastered, by the __(6)__ riches of literature. In the last century the strongest thinkers in our language were Englishmen, and not only the traditional but the __(7)__ influences on our thinkers and artists were British. This may account for one negative characteristic of American literature – its lack of American quality. True, our records must reflect our life. Our poets, __(8)__ of nightingales and Persian gardens, have not altogether forgotten the mocking-bird and the woods of Maine. Fiction, written by inhabitants of New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, does tell us something of the ways of life in those mighty commonwealths, just as English fiction written by Lancashire men about Lancashire people is __(9)__ with the dialect, the local habits and scenery of that county. But wherever an English-speaking man of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is subject to the strong arm of the empire of English literature; he cannot escape it; it tears him out of his __(10)__ bed and makes a happy slave of him. He is assigned to the department of the service for which his gifts qualify him, and his special education is undertaken by drill-masters and captains who hail from provinces far from his birthplace.

The literary mind is strengthened and nurtured, is influenced and mastered, by the __(6)__ riches of literature. In the last century the strongest thinkers in our language were Englishmen, and not only the traditional but the __(7)__ influences on our thinkers and artists were British. This may account for one negative characteristic of American literature – its lack of American quality. True, our records must reflect our life. Our poets, __(8)__ of nightingales and Persian gardens, have not altogether forgotten the mocking-bird and the woods of Maine. Fiction, written by inhabitants of New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts, does tell us something of the ways of life in those mighty commonwealths, just as English fiction written by Lancashire men about Lancashire people is __(9)__ with the dialect, the local habits and scenery of that county. But wherever an English-speaking man of imagination may dwell, in Dorset or Calcutta or Indianapolis, he is subject to the strong arm of the empire of English literature; he cannot escape it; it tears him out of his __(10)__ bed and makes a happy slave of him. He is assigned to the department of the service for which his gifts qualify him, and his special education is undertaken by drill-masters and captains who hail from provinces far from his birthplace.