Evolution of the English Language Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language family does Old English belong to?
Celtic languages
Germanic languages
Romance languages
Indo-European languages
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What major event brought a massive amount of French and Latin vocabulary into the English language?
The Viking invasion
The arrival of the Jutes
The Anglo-Saxon migration
The Norman invasion of England in 1066
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language is considered the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family?
Latin
Old Norse
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Germanic
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What sound shift occurred in German words after the 6th century?
From 'f' to 'p'
From 't' to 'd'
From 'sk' to 'sh'
From 'p' to 'pf'
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language family includes nearly all languages historically spoken in Europe?
Romance languages
Germanic languages
Celtic languages
Indo-European languages
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the language of the epic poem Beowulf?
Old Norse
Old English
Latin
French
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where did the Proto-Indo-European language originate?
Modern day Ukraine and Russia
Pontic steppe
British Isles
Southern Asia
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