{"id":22951,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-cast-in-stone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","slug":"english-expression-quiz-cast-in-stone","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-expression-quiz-cast-in-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"English Expression Quiz: Cast in stone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which answer explains <strong>Cast in stone<\/strong> correctly?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Fixed and not open to change<\/li>\n<li>To suffer because of lack of money or resources<\/li>\n<li>To have power, control, or influence<\/li>\n<li>With very little warning or preparation time<\/li>\n<li>To manage to speak when others are talking a lot<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3212,3213],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22951","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-exam-preparation","topic-hsc-english-grammar","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Cast in stone<\/strong> means <strong>fixed and not open to change<\/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 schedule is not <em>cast in stone<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Cast in stone<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>fixed and not open to change<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Cast in stone<\/em> with the idea of <strong>fixed and not open to change<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Fixed and not open to change"},{"right":"no","answer":"To suffer because of lack of money or resources"},{"right":"no","answer":"To have power, control, or influence"},{"right":"no","answer":"With very little warning or preparation time"},{"right":"no","answer":"To manage to speak when others are talking a lot"}],"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":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22951","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=22951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22951"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22951"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}