EDU 201 Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz

During the Middle English period, Latin continued to exert an important influence on the English vocabulary.

• True

• False

To indicate vowel length, Middle English writing frequently doubled letters, particularly ee and oo, the practice becoming general in the ______ Midland dialect.

• East

• West

• North

Middle English did not have a diversity of dialects.

• True

• False

Authors wrote in the dialect of their native regions until the late ______ century.

• fifteenth

• twelfth

• twentieth

Answer explanation

(p. 130)

The London origin of our ______ means that the language of Chaucer and Gower is much easier for us to comprehend at first sight.

• English

• Latin

Consonants have remained relatively stable throughout the history of English.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

p. 132

The Old English long vowel sounds e, i, o, and u remained unchanged in Middle English.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

p. 133

Diphthongs changed radically between Old English and Middle English.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

p. 135

_______ is the monophthongization of certain Old English Diphthongs.

• Smoothing

• reconstruction

• preposition

Answer explanation

p. 135

Vocalization is not a change from a consonant to a vowel.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

p. 135