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The professor’s oldest colleague was selected to give the __________ at the funeral.
A. eulogy
B. elegy
C. epigraph
D. eponymy
E. epitaph
Correct Answer: A
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
What is the name of the kind of talk that is delivered at a funeral? Eulogy. If you know this, the answer pops out at you. If you did not know it, consider each of the choices in their turn. Epigraph is a quote at the beginning of a piece ofwriting. Eponymy is something with the same name as something else. Epitaph is what is written on a gravestone. That leaves (A) and (B). Elegy is a poem written in memory. You don’t "give" a poem. That leaves (A), the correct answer.
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