October 28, 2003,
3:45 p.m.
For October 28, 2003
Which of the following can be defined as to drain, vitality, especially to divest of vigor, spirit, passion, or a capability of evoking mental or
emotional excitement?
a. Hemoflagellate
b. Excoriate
c. Dessicate
<% Dim correct, incorrect1, incorrect2
correct = "c"
incorrect1 = "a"
incorrect2 = "b"
if Request.QueryString("guess") = correct then
call correctanswer
elseif Request.QueryString("guess") = incorrect1 or Request.QueryString("guess") = incorrect2 then
call wronganswer
else
call noanswer
end if
%>
<% sub correctanswer %>
CORRECT
I have suggested that the principal difficulties of the beginning ocean
sailor are 1) the mystifying lack of expertise in much of what goes into
ocean sailing; and 2) the tendency in some experts to dessicate
the entire experience by stripping it of spontaneity, or wonder.
(Rumbles Left and Right, p. 173, G. P. Putnam's
Sons, 1963)
<% end sub %>
<% sub wronganswer %>
INCORRECT,
TRY AGAIN
<% end sub %>
<% sub noanswer %>
<% end sub %>
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