Problem: Word: masquerade

Sentence 1: That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome -- Thomas de Quincey.

Sentence 2: A beggar's masquerade of wealth.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: the same meaning
Question: This question has options. Does the word "field" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

Anthropologists do much of their work in the field.

Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "be" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

I shall be writing to you soon.

This building is three hundred years old.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Q: Does "base" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

The base of the lamp.

The base of the skull.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: Catch one's breath.
Here is another sentence: The fire caught.
Does the catch mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: Katie's sick, so I need to check up on her and see if she needs anything.
Here is another sentence: Check the brakes.
Does the check mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
the same meaning