{"id":22309,"date":"2026-06-21T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/keep-a-straight-face-vocabulary-meaning-check\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:07:57","slug":"keep-a-straight-face-vocabulary-meaning-check","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/keep-a-straight-face-vocabulary-meaning-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep a straight face Vocabulary Meaning Check"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which choice gives the best meaning of <strong>Keep a straight face<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to avoid laughing or showing emotion<\/li>\n<li>to smile brightly<\/li>\n<li>to speak very loudly<\/li>\n<li>to look away<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3210,3201],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-22309","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-emotions-and-feelings","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Keep a straight face<\/strong> is used to mean to avoid laughing or showing emotion. This option is correct because it matches the common idiomatic use of the phrase.<\/p><p>Examples: I tried to <strong>keep a straight face<\/strong> during the funny scene. The actor had to <strong>keep a straight face<\/strong> in the comedy.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"to avoid laughing or showing emotion"},{"right":"no","answer":"to smile brightly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to speak very loudly"},{"right":"no","answer":"to look away"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3201,"title":"Emotions and Feelings","slug":"emotions-and-feelings"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22309","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22309"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22309"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}