Multiple-Choice cloze
The mask allows participants to temporarily ______ their identity.
A) hide
B) suspend
C) conceal
D) withdraw
C) conceal
Carnevale is commonly regarded ______ the final celebration before Lent.
as
The anonymity provided by masks creates a sense of psychological ______. FREE
freedom
The festival enables people to abandon their usual roles.
SHED
The festival enables people __________________________ their usual roles.
to shed
For a brief period, social hierarchies are deliberately ______.
A) reversed
B) inverted
C) overthrown
D) displaced
B) inverted
Rarely ______ social conventions suspended with such collective consent.
are
The festival’s longevity is a testament to its cultural ______. ADAPT
adaptability
The authorities tried but did not manage to suppress the celebrations.
FAILED
The authorities __________________________ suppress the celebrations.
failed to
What appears to be chaos is often a carefully ______ ritual.
A) arranged
B) organised
C) choreographed
D) regulated
C) choreographed
So compelling is the allure of anonymity ______ participants willingly abandon decorum.
that
Critics argue that commercialisation has led to the ______ of its symbolic depth. ERODE
erosion
It is widely believed that the original meaning has faded.
THOUGHT
The original meaning __________________________ faded.
is thought to have
The festival acts as a social mechanism that ______ tensions before they become destabilising.
A) releases
B) dispels
C) alleviates
D) diffuses
D) diffuses
Were it not ______ the ritualised framework of the celebration, the excess might well descend into genuine disorder.
for
The temporary dissolution of hierarchy exposes the inherent ______ of social structures. PRECARIOUS
precariousness
The festival appears chaotic, yet it ultimately strengthens social cohesion.
SEEMINGLY
Despite __________________________, the festival ultimately strengthens social cohesion.
seemingly being chaotic
While ostensibly anarchic, Carnevale may in fact function to ______ the very structures it seems to undermine.
A) preserve
B) consolidate
C) entrench
D) vindicate
C) entrench
No sooner ______ the festivities concluded than the rigid structures of daily life reassert themselves.
have
Far from being merely chaotic, the celebrations reveal a carefully calibrated system of ritualised ______. TRANSGRESS
transgression
The celebration would not be sustainable without its underlying structure.
WERE
________________________ its underlying structure, the celebration would not be sustainable.
Were it not for