cloze

English

From closure in gestalt therapy, 1950s.

cloze (plural clozes)

(education) A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
- 1994, Joseph Boyle, Peter Falvey, English Language Testing in Hong Kong, page 8:
  The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text […]
- 2013 March 13, “Lückentext - cloze”, in German Language Blog‎, retrieved 2013-03-15:
  this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives