False Friends - Dutch

Multiple-choice exercise

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