Germanic languages

1. Who was the first scholar to mention the Germanic tribes?

•  a) Julius Caesar

• b) Pitheas
  
  

• c) Tacitus
  
  

• d) Pliny the Elder

The Proto-Germanic language split from the Indo-European language between which centuries?

• a) 5th and 10th c. B.C.

• b) 10th and 5th c. A.D.
  
  

• c) 15th and 10th c. B.C.

• 1. d) 1st and 2nd c. A.D.

Which of the following tribes spoke the Gothic language?

• a) Visigoths

• b) Vandals
  
  

• c) Ostrogoths
  
  

• d) Langobards

The Gothic language is considered to be important because:

• a) It was the first language to have written records
  
  

• b) It had the oldest written records among the Germanic languages

• c) It was the first language to be recorded in the Latin alphabet

• 1. d) It was the language of Julius Caesar

Which language did the Goths use to translate the Bible?

• a) Latin
  
  

• b) Greek

• c) Gothic

• d) Old Norse

What is the earliest written record of the Old Norse language?

• 4. a) 8th century
     
     
     

• 1. b) 9th century

• 1. c) 10th century

• 1. d) 13th century

Which language is considered the most important of all North Germanic languages?

• a) Danish
  
  
  

• b) Icelandic

• c) Swedish

• d) Norwegian

The West Germanic tribes settled in which region?

• a) The Scandinavian Peninsula

• b) Between the Oder and the Elbe

• c) The southern coast of the Baltic Sea

• 1. d) The far northern regions of Europe

Which language developed from Old Low Franconian?

• 4. a) Dutch
     
     
     

• 1. b) English

• 1. c) Yiddish

• 1. d) Frisian

The earliest written records of Old English date back to which century?

• a) 5th century

• b) 6th century
  
  

• c) 7th century

• d) 8th century