Maze 
1. A labyrinth, a confusing collection of interconnecting trails or tunnels. A mind bending 
problem that is easy to get lost in. 
2. A graphic puzzle usually requiring traveling down an intricate path to find the solution. 
3. something made of of bewildering elements like bureaucratic red tape.
Labyrinths have long been  associated with religion and  spiritual matters.  It is said that to build a labyrinth is to create a sacred space. By the way, the labyrinth has an association with Christianity. A cross is the starting point used to construct a maze and is often found in many churches in Europe. Plus, in Zelany's Amber series to walk  the labyrinth was to embode it and you with power.                       So why don't we make one?
1. I haven't got the __________ idea.
A. Foggiest 
B. Swellest 
C. Least 
D. Faintest
2. I like Maude, but I wouldn't want her to drive me anywhere. 
She's blind as a _______ and she never wears her glasses.
A . Bat 
B. Monkey's uncle 
C. Donkey 
D. Mole
3. A Gordian knot is a:
A. terrible difficult problem or deadlock. 
B. Brunch 
C.  intricate knot tied by King Gordius of Phrygia 
and cut by Alexander the Great with his sword 
D. Ruler
4. The minotaur was a monster that lived in a Cretan Labyrinth. Young Athenian men and woman were sacrificed to him. He was a chimera:
A. Half man and half lion. 
B. Half woman and half bird. 
C. Half man and half bull. 
D. Half snake and half woman.
5. Who killed this creature of the maze?
A. Homer 
B. Ulysses 
C. Theseus 
D. Hercules
6. Oh what a tangled _____ we weave when first we seek to deceive. (William Shakespear)
A. net 
B. tapestry 
C. shirt 
D.  web
7.  An entanglement means:
A. to twist together or entwine in a mess 
B. to lunge 
C. to quake 
D. a sticky affair (often sexual)
8. Which of the following is a synonym of lost:
A. Mislaid
B. Succumb 
C. Eluded 
D. Vanished 
E. all of the above
9. A quest is a:
A.  Game of cards 
B   Shrewish woman 
C.  Ferret 
D. Long  hike in search of something
10.  A protagonist could be any of the following except:
A. the female lead 
B. a dastardly blackguard 
C. a cowardly anti hero 
D. the principal star

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Professor of English
Ecole des Mines
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St.Etienne
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