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Worksheets18th Century English
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Petticoat, muslin, panniers, corsets and stockings are part of the lexical field of...
a)
Beauty
b)
Clothing
c)
Travel
d)
Leisure
2.
A 'coquette' is a pejorative term for...
a)
A flirtatious female
b)
A flirtatious male
c)
A woman of strict morals
d)
A wife
3.
The creator of the first English Dictionary was...
a)
John Locke
b)
Robert Lowth
c)
Samuel Johnson
d)
William Caxton
4.
The first Dictionary is chiefly associated with the language movement known as...
a)
Descriptivism
b)
Prescriptivism
c)
The 'crumbling castle' analogy
d)
Free schools
5.
The joining together of the letters 'c' and 't' in 18th Century printing presses is known as what?
a)
Long S
b)
Long T
c)
Ligature
d)
Cursive
6.
18th Century sentences are known for being...
a)
Multi-clausal with high frequence of semi-colon use
b)
Short and simple
c)
Completely unpunctuated, as there was no precedent for this
d)
Always written in direct address
7.
The interchangeability of 'S' and 'F' in many words is usually known as...
a)
The Long 'F'
b)
A ligature
c)
The Long 'S'
d)
A typographical error
8.
A 'rakehell' or 'rake' was an established term by this century for...
a)
A young man of questionable morals
b)
A devout religious believer
c)
A practical man
d)
An elderly man
9.
'Advice manuals' were popular for young ladies. What sorts of things did they usually advise?
a)
Options for suitable working arrangements
b)
How to be a wit in company
c)
Conduct in romance and marriage, proper dress and deportment
d)
How to best challenge the social order
10.
A common structural feature of texts intended for public consumption was...
a)
A series of rhyming couplet headings
b)
A bold title, followed by an alternative title which gave more information
c)
A rhetorical device
d)
Prominent listing
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