MIDDLE ENGLISH

What is the main feature of Middle English?

• English changes constantly

• English adopts many borrowings

• English is used in administration

• English is spoken at the court

Which words appeared for the first time in the Ormulum?

• They/their

• She/her

• Dragon/Worm

• This/these

Which were the main domains of French?

• administration, education & law

• law, worship & government

• education, law & administration

• administration, government & law

Middle English is considered a dark age because of

• the Black Death

• the Hundred Years War

• the absence of written English

• the Peasant's Revolt

When did the importance of French start to decline?

• at the beginning of the 12th century

• at the end of the 13th century

• during the 12th century

• at the end of the 14th century

Why was French maintained?

• because nobody spoke English

• because the nobility did not speak Latin

• because it was used in official settings

• because it was the language of the court

Why is the thirteenth century the period with the greatest influx of words?

• because writers incorporated many French borrowings

• because French speakers started to speak in English

• because lexicographers introduced French borrowings

• because translators had to employ French borrowings

What type of French was spoken in England?

• Anglo-Norman

• Norman

• Burgundian

• Anglo-Normand

Why was the use of French imperfect?

• because it was not a mother tongue

• because there was no formal education

• because Latin was used at universities

• because it was prohibited in the monasteries

The Hundred Years War brought about...

• a revival of the French language

• a strengthening of the English language

• an increase of trade between France and England

• a disuse of Latin