{"id":22871,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-a-matter-of-principle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:32","slug":"english-expression-quiz-a-matter-of-principle","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-a-matter-of-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"English Expression Quiz: A matter of principle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which answer explains <strong>A matter of principle<\/strong> correctly?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief<\/li>\n<li>As an extra addition<\/li>\n<li>To be abandoned, lost, or ignored<\/li>\n<li>To fail completely or produce no result<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3209,3211],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22871","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-decision-making","topic-formal-expression","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A matter of principle<\/strong> means <strong>an issue based on a moral rule or firm belief<\/strong>. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>She refused the bribe as <em>a matter of principle<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>A matter of principle<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>an issue based on a moral rule or firm belief<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>A matter of principle<\/em> with the idea of <strong>an issue based on a moral rule or firm belief<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"An issue based on a moral rule or firm belief"},{"right":"no","answer":"As an extra addition"},{"right":"no","answer":"To be abandoned, lost, or ignored"},{"right":"no","answer":"To fail completely or produce no result"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"},{"id":3211,"title":"Formal Expression","slug":"formal-expression"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22871","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=22871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22871"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22871"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}