Adventures of English Documentary Part 1

What country speaks the closest thing to ancient English in modern times?

• Finland

• Germany

• England

• Friesland

What family of languages does English fall into?

• German

• Latin

• Arabic

• Russian

Written English provided which cultural revolution to the ancient peoples of the area of Great Britain?

• Vowels

• Music

• Poetry

• Debate

English does not have a huge capacity for absorbing words from other languages

• true

• false

What was the first French word to appear in English?

• militia

• gourmet

• castle

• servant

During the time of Norman power the nobility and the rich spoke French and the peasants spoke English

• True

• False

The English middle class merchants added French words to their vocabulary by the _________________.

• millions

• hundreds

• thousands

• dozens

When the crown loss Normandy to the French kingdom it cut off the French language from England

• True

• False

The English language spread because it became fashionable to _________________.

• speak English in royal houses

• have an English wife in the nobility

• be bilingual

• talk like a peasant

What event destroyed feudalism and brought English back as the primary language of England?

• War of the Roses

• Norman Conquest

• The Black Death

• The election of a new Pope