EL101_UNIT QUIZ 1

What is the origin of the English language?

•     a. Latin

      

• b. Greek

   

•    c. Germanic

•     d. Celtic

Which event led to the Norman French influence on the English language?

• a. Viking Invasions

   

•    b. Norman Conquest of 1066

      

• c. The Great Vowel Shift

    

•  d. Industrial Revolution

Old English originated from the language of which tribes?

  

• a. Romans and Celts

      

    

• b. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

•  c. Vikings and Normans

    

•  d. Greeks and Romans

The Great Vowel Shift primarily affected what aspect of the English language?

    

• a. Vocabulary

    

•  b. Pronunciation

    

•  c. Grammar

      

• d. Spelling

Which dialect became the dominant literary dialect of Old English?

  

•  a. Northumbrian

      

• b. Mercian

      

• c. West Saxon

    

•  d. Kentish

The introduction of which language contributed to many legal and scientific terms in English?

 

•    a. Latin

    

•  b. Greek

      

• c. Norman French

   

•    d. Old Norse

Which work is an example of Middle English?

    

• a. Beowulf

    

•  b. The Canterbury Tales

    

•  c. Hamlet

      

• d. Paradise Lost

What was the impact of the British Empire’s expansion on the English language?

  

  

• a. Simplified grammar

• b. Introduction of Old English

      

• c. Spread of new vocabulary from colonies

    

•  d. None of the above

Why is American English considered closer to Shakespearean pronunciation than modern British English?

   

• a. It retained some older pronunciation features.

     

•  b. Americans rejected British pronunciations.

    

•    c. The Great Vowel Shift only affected British English.

       

• d. None of the above.

The language family that includes English and extends from India to Western Europe.