History of the English Language quiz

English is a member of which branch of the Indo-European language family?

• Romance

• Slavic

• Germanic

• Baltic

Which languages are the closest living relatives of the English language?

• Dutch and German

• French and Italian

• Scots and Frisian

• Swedish and Norwegian

Which invention encouraged was central to the "modernization" of the English language?

• gun powder

• printing press

• Viking longship

• telescope

Which example is given for a work from the Old English period?

• Romeo and Juliet

• Canterbury Tales

• Beowulf

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

What is the example of a work from the Middle English period mentioned in the material?

• Macbeth

• Beowulf

• Canterbury Tales

• Pride and Prejudice

Which languages has the English language been influenced by? (multiple correct answers)

• Old Norse

• Ancient Greek

• Latin

• French

What was the Celtic language spoken by the natives of Britain known as?

• Anglo-Saxon

• Brythonic

• Gaelic

• Latin

Who brought Latin to Britain?

• The Greeks

• St. Augustine

• The Roman Empire

• Old English speakers

Who introduced Christianity to Britain in 597, which also brought Greek words into the English language through Latin?

• The Greeks

• The Roman Empire

• St. Augustine

• Old English speakers

What happened after the fall of the Roman Empire around 450 - 650 CE?

• The Roman Empire expanded into Britain

• Germanic tribes came to Britain from various parts of northwest Europe

• The original Celtic-speaking Britons invaded northwest Europe

• The Germanic tribes were pushed into current-day Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, and Brittany