{"id":4059,"date":"2020-04-06T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4059"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:11","slug":"he-spoke-well-though-it-was-his-maiden-speech","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/he-spoke-well-though-it-was-his-maiden-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Maiden Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>maiden speech<\/strong> mean?<br>He spoke well though it was his <strong>maiden speech<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>first speech<\/li>\n<li>long speech<\/li>\n<li>brief speech<\/li>\n<li>emotional speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3153],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-4059","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, especially in a public or official setting.<\/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 member gave her maiden speech in Parliament.<\/em> <em>His maiden speech at the debate club was clear and confident.<\/em><\/p><p>The word <strong>maiden<\/strong> means first in this expression; it does not describe length or emotion.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"first speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"long speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"brief speech"},{"right":"no","answer":"emotional 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\/4059","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=4059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4059"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4059"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}