Assessment 1: Context Clues Galore Read and figure out the meaning of each italicized word using context clues. Write the letter of your answer on your paper. 1.Now, the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster—the vast lips inscribed with Buddhist textsAssessment 1: Context Clues Galore Read and figure out the meaning of each italicized word using context clues. Write the letter of your answer on your paper. 1.Now, the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster—the vast lips inscribed with Buddhist texts6. Foundry means _____________________. A. factory B. B. farm C. C. market D. D. garden Therefore, the molds had to be once more prepared, and the fires rekindled, and the metal remelted, and all the work tediously, and toilsomely repeated. 7. Rekindled means ____________________. A. lighted again B. fueled the fire C. stopped the fire D. set on fire again 8. Toilsomely means _____. A. hardly B. lightly C. mindfully D. slowly “Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver, and iron never will embrace, until the flesh of a maiden be melted in the crucible; until the blood of a virgin be mixed with the metals in their fusion.” 9. What does the statement mean? A. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with blood. B. The blood of a virgin maiden is made up of gold, brass, silver, and iron. C. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with the blood of a virgin. D. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will never be fused together by a virgin maiden. And even as she cried, she leaped into the white flood of metal. 10. Leaped means _____________. Jumped B. ran C. skipped D. squatted