MAT Practice Questions Set #1
1. Fierce : timid :: aggressive : _____
A: weird
B: frigid
C: assertive
D: passive
2. Honeyed: sweet :: acrid : _____
A: base
B: annoying
C: bitter
D: salty
3. Short : _____ :: Tall : Enormous
A: tiny
B: medium
C: gigantic
D: ravenous
4. Intelligent : dunce :: _____ : clown
A: funny
B: serious
C: costume
D: reticent
5. Hemingway : _____ :: Woolf : Thackeray
A: Fitzgerald
B: Homer
C: Garcia Marquez
D: Waugh
6. Oklahoma : Nebraska :: Oregon : _____
A: Connecticut
B: Illinois
C: North Carolina
D: Washington
7. Square : cube :: circle : _____
A: rhombus
B: corner
C: sphere
D: cylinder
8. 90 degrees : right :: _____ : obtuse
A: 45 degrees
B: 135 degrees
C: 79 degrees
D: 0 degrees
9. Failure : _____ :: success : elation
A: depression
B: euphoria
C: contagion
D: hospitality
10. Democrats : Republicans :: Labour : _____
A: Whigs
B: Greens
C: Tories
D: Lions
Answer Key
1. D. Passive is the opposite of aggressive.
2. C. Acrid and bitter are synonyms.
3. A. Tiny means very small.
4. B. A clown is not serious.
5. A. Hemingway and Fitzgerald were both American authors
6. D. Oregon and Washington are both states in the northwest United States.
7. C. A sphere is the three-dimensional version of a circle.
8. B. A 135-degree angle is an obtuse angle.
9. A. Failure can lead to depression.
10. C. The Tories and the Labour party are the dominant political parties in Britain.