False Friends - Dutch

Multiple-choice exercise

Choose the correct answer for each question.
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  1. In English, 'control' means:
    1.   check
    2.   inspect
    3.   supervise
    4.   manage
  2. In English 'uproar' means:
    1.   rebellion
    2.   revolt
    3.   great noise
    4.   mutiny
  3. In English, 'glance' means:
    1.   polish
    2.   look quickly
    3.   glory
    4.   shine
  4. In English, 'a college' is:
    1.   a lesson
    2.   a course of lectures
    3.   a lecture
    4.   a type of school
  5. In English, 'blind' means:
    1.   unseeing
    2.   sham
    3.   fake
    4.   hidden
  6. In English, 'brutality' is:
    1.   cruelty
    2.   disrespect
    3.   impudence
    4.   cheek
  7. In English, 'rayon' is:
    1.   a bookshelf
    2.   a radius
    3.   a kind of cloth
    4.   a territory
  8. In English, 'grief' is:
    1.   a plan
    2.   complaint
    3.   writing
    4.   sorrow
  9. In English 'a warehouse' is:
    1.   a store
    2.   a shop
    3.   a department store
    4.   a market
  10. In English, 'deception' is:
    1.   disappointment
    2.   regret
    3.   disenchantment
    4.   lying