EA0929_eModE_Inkhorns

EA0929_eModE_Inkhorns

University

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EA0929_eModE_Inkhorns

EA0929_eModE_Inkhorns

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the eModE period called an Age of Linguistic Anxiety?

Because writers feared Latin would die out

Because scholars wanted to create a new language

Because of growing concerns over vocabulary gaps and language purity

Because printing was banned

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main source of borrowing during the eModE period?

Greek

Different vernaculars

French

Latin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term was used to describe borrowed words that were considered excessive and pretentious?

Buzzwords

Inkhorn terms

Archaic words

Neologisms

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What sort of word is an inkhorn term?

A borrowed term

A technical term

An archaic term

A common term

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What movement was observed in the 16th century related to English vocabulary?

The Royal Spelling Reform

The Anglo-Saxon Revival

The Norman Lexicon Campaign

The Inkhorn Controversy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the inkhorn controversy reflect the linguistic anxiety characteristic the eModE period?

It shows the rejection of all foreign words in English.

It highlights fears that invented and borrowed words might corrupt or confuse the language.

It led to the banning of Latin and Greek in English writing.

It encouraged the revival of Old English vocabulary in everyday speech.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What resource did authors such as Edmund Spenser use instead of Latinisms?

Greek words

French words

Archaic words

Modern words

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