{"id":1749,"date":"2017-04-25T04:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/maiden-speech-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"maiden-speech-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/maiden-speech-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Maiden Speech Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>maiden speech<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>first speech<\/li>\n<li>middle speech<\/li>\n<li>maidservant&#8217;s speech<\/li>\n<li>final speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3153],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-1749","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-public-speaking","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>first speech<\/strong> is correct because <strong>maiden speech<\/strong> means a person's first formal speech.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The new senator gave her maiden speech today.<\/em> <em>His maiden speech at school was short but impressive.<\/em><\/p><p>In this phrase, <strong>maiden<\/strong> means first, not a maidservant.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"first speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"middle speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"maidservant's speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"final speech"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3153,"title":"Public Speaking","slug":"public-speaking"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}