{"id":22913,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-close-quarters-idiom-meaning-quiz-for-grade-12\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","slug":"at-close-quarters-idiom-meaning-quiz-for-grade-12","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-close-quarters-idiom-meaning-quiz-for-grade-12\/","title":{"rendered":"At close quarters Idiom Meaning Quiz for Grade 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>At close quarters<\/strong> mean in standard English?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A result that is certain before it happens<\/li>\n<li>Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled<\/li>\n<li>To become no longer popular or common<\/li>\n<li>From very near or in close contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3213,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22913","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At close quarters<\/strong> means <strong>from very near or in close contact<\/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>The soldiers fought <em>at close quarters<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>At close quarters<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>from very near or in close contact<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>At close quarters<\/em> with the idea of <strong>from very near or in close contact<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A result that is certain before it happens"},{"right":"no","answer":"Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled"},{"right":"no","answer":"To become no longer popular or common"},{"right":"yes","answer":"From very near or in close contact"}],"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":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22913","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=22913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22913"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22913"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}