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THIS IS YOUR FIRST QUIZ FROM HISTORY OF ENGLISH SPEAKING SOCIETIES. THIS TEST COVERS FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE PRE-ENGLISH PERIOD, OLD ENGLISH PERIOD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH,
- 1.The period of time before 450.
- A.
MIDDLE ENGLISH
- B.
PRE ENGLISH PERIOD
- C.
OLD ENGLISH
- D.
ANGLO -SAXON
- 2.The earliest known residents of the British Isles
- A.
CELTS
- B.
ROMANS
- C.
NORMANS
- D.
JUTES
- 3.If we bear in mind that proto stands for ―…first in time or order, and especially having others come after it or develop from it; original;‖ (Dictionary of Contemporary English, (1987), Longman) we can say that the Indo-European language is the source of many other languages.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The Celts, the Anglo-Saxons, and the ______were people who inhabited the British Isles at the beginning of the Old English Period. However, their role in the formation of English was a different one.
- 5.From what language the English borrowing most of its vocabulary.
- A.
ROMAN
- B.
ANGLO-SAXON
- C.
LATIN
- D.
FRENCH
- 6.The old english is also called
- A.
ANGLO-SAXON
- B.
INDO-EUROPEAN
- C.
CELTIC
- 7.The english language belongs to...
- A.
THE WEST GERMANIC BRANCH
- B.
THE INDO-EUROPEAN BRANCH
- C.
THE CELTIC BRANCH
- D.
THE ANGLO-SAXON BRANCH
- 8.The history of the English language has traditionally been divided into three main periods, which ones are?
- 9.Danes and Norsemen were also called...
- A.
VIKINGS
- B.
NORMANS
- C.
GAULS
- 10.
- 11.This language was used mostly as the written language during The Middle English Period.
- A.
FRENCH
- B.
ANGLO-SAXON
- C.
LATIN
- D.
NORMAN
- 12.The english development was mostly influenced by the following languages.
- A.
DUTCH-FLEMISH-NORMAN-GERMAN-DANISH
- B.
CELTIC-LATIN-FRENCH-OLD ENGLISH
- C.
OLD ENGLISH-OLD NORMAN-OLD FRENCH
- D.
ANGLO-SAXON-JUTES-ROMAN-CELT
- 13.It is a collection of stories about a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury, England.
- A.
BEOWULF
- B.
THE CANTERBURY TALES
- C.
HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS
- D.
THE JUTES
- 14.The Middle English is also characterized for the beginning of the Great Vowel Shift
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.
- A.
THE NORMAN CONQUEST
- B.
THE GERMANIC INVASIONS
- C.
JULIUS CAESAR CONQUESTS ENGLAND
- D.
THE DISSAPEAR OF THE JUTES
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