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WorksheetsStory of English 2 - Middle English
Total questions: 84
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
In the Middle Ages, this lead to a rise in literacy, written records, and texts to examine.
(a)
Middle English texts would be primarily written in
Middle English
Latin
Old Norse
French
The restating of material in new, parallel terms
(a)
What was seen as "wisdom literature" in the Middle Ages
Poetry
Bibles
Scholarly texts
Riddles
In the Middle Ages, books were written on
Paper
Parchment/Vellum
Wood
Fabric/Cloth
How many animal skins were required to make one book
200
100
150
50
In the Middle Ages, books were expensive and not mass produced
True
False
Describe the process of making books in the Middle Ages
A text written by hand by a scribe (often a monk at a monastery)
(a)
The artist responsible for the images in the manuscript
(a)
Describe the stages of writing in the Middle English period
Partially visible text that was (attempted to be) erased from a manuscript
(a)
The decoding process of deciphering older writing systems
(a)
The Sack of Lindisfarne, an event where the church of Lindisfarne was raided by Scandinavians, occured in what year?
767
851
812
When did the Viking Age begin?
767
851
812
The Vikings would settle in Iceland, Greenland, and the North American coast around what year?
870
900
799
813
The Vikings would rule England between what years?
921-1035
802-965
1016-1035
After the Great Viking Army invaded East Anglia, which kingdom would remain?
Sussex
King Alfred the Great seized victory against the Great Viking Army
True
False
The Treaty of Wedmore was signed in
1016
1032
880
The Danelaw was established out of which kingdom?
Kent
Essex
Alfred the Great
Was the first king of a united kingdom
Campaigned for literacy, literature, and the arts
Campaigned for Latin works to be translated into English so that people could understand their religion in a language they understood
Formed an English Navy
Updated the law code
When Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard brought a large army to England, King Aethelred the Unready
Fought back
Paid off the tribute each time
Further strengthened the navy as a deterrent
Fled the country
When did the Middle English period start?
886
914
1100
1066
While the Vikings were ruling England, the monarchy was in exile where
Prussia
Who would be King of England after the death of Harthacnut?
From what dates would Edward the Confessor rule?
1023-1047
1010 to 1043
993 to 1005
1043 to 1066
Edward the Confessor died with a clear heir to the throne
True
False
Who won the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066?
The Normans
The Anglo-Saxons
The Norwegians
The English
Who won the Battle of Hastings on October 14th, 1066?
Harold Godwinson - English
Harald Hadrada - Norwegian
William the Conqueror - Norman
With the Battle of Hastings, almost the entire male aristocracy was killed or displaced by the Normans
True
False
For 150 years, the ruling class of England would speak a dialect of ______ as their first language. At the same time, only 5-10% of the English population spoke ______ at any given time.
(a)
French culture brought what to English culture?
Cavalry (Horse-riding) Figthers
Chivalry
Homage - Vassal relationships
The literary genre of Romance
The personal relationship of fealty pledged to a lord
(a)
Someone who serves a lord
(a)
When three languages are used for different social functions in one society
(a)
Areas of human activity or interest where a particular language or variety of language is used. Examples include Law, Religion, Education, Family Life, Politics, and more
(a)
Name one or more domains of French influence
Name one or more domains of Latin influence
Name one or more domains of English influence
A language or variety of language considered to be the most prestigious by speakers in a community
(a)
Lexicon means
Change
A collection of books
Specialty Alphabet
Vocabulary
The 5-10% of speakers of French would have included nobility/aristocracy, clergy, and the merchants selling to these people
True
False
By 1450, about 1/2 of the available words in English were non-Germanic in origin. What percentage of those were French?
25%
30%
The reason English speakers today have different words for livestock and the meat that comes from the livestock is due to what
Pairings of words of different origins, but with the same or similar meaning
Example: Breaking and Entering, Peace and Quiet
(a)
What are some examples of Morphology Mixing in this period
OE prefix be- added to French words
OE suffix -ful added to French words
French suffix -able onto Germanic words
List some lexical borrowings of English during this period. What domain does the borrowing belong to?
Certain Latin affixes came to English through French borrowings. Most words not directly of Latin or French origin would be borrowed through French. This make French an example of a...
(a)
Why did English regain its prestige?
Anti-French sentiment and hostility. Seperation of Territories
Shift in Prestige of French Dialects. Loss of French as a first language
Social Mobility of the peasant class. Labor shortages following the Black Plague
The Hundred Years War
The Kings of France were vassals of the Kings of England
True
False
What dialect of French would gain prestige over Norman?
Picard
Burgundian
Parisian
The first wave of the Black Plague occurred in
1348
1329
1400
1276
When did the English Peasants' Revolt occur?
1242
The English Peasants' Revolt was successful
True
False
The Hundred Years War occurred between what years?
1016-1035.
The opposing leaders of the Hundred Years war were
King Edward III
King Richard III
King Francis I
King Harold II
King Philip VI
Eth, Thorn, and Ash letters were starting to be replaced n the ME period
True
False
During the Middle English period, the letter "c" would start to make the "s" sound due to French borrowings. This pattern would move to some native words too
True
False
A reduction of inflection on all parts of the nominal group
(a)
In ME, most nouns will become like OE strong, masculine nouns due to
(a)
Studying a language at a particular moment in time
(a)
Studying a language over the passage of time
(a)
In ME, a functional split occurred between the demonstrative determiner "that" and the definite article "the"
True
False
ME adjectives...
Would be mostly unaffected
Were no longer marked for case and gender
Lost the strong/weak form
Lost the singular/plural forms
ME pronouns...
Lost the dual form
Would keep Case, Gender, and Number forms
Combine Dative and Accusative forms into an "Object" form
The "of" genitive would experience a decline of use over the course of Middle English
True
False
With inflectional endings lost in ME, word order was used to show relationships between words. This makes ME more (a) than OE
Through analogy, more verbs became weak verbs. New verbs entering English would take the form of weak verbs
True
False
Some strong verbs that took on the weak form in ME retain their old past tense forms in the past participle
True
False
Most forms of English survive from the London/Southern Dialect, but the 3rd person singular present verb form comes from the Northern Dialect
True
False
ME begins to rely on the axillary verb, and as a result, the English verbal system becomes more (a)
Describe the two options for the Middle English perfect form
ME saw the development of the periphrastic infinitive "to"
True
False
Modals and Quasi-Modals were on the decline in ME
True
False
In ME, <sc> is replaced by
(a)
In ME, <Ċ> would be replaced by
(a)
In ME, H would be replaced inside words with
(a)
In ME, CW would be replaced with
(a)
In ME, OU or OW would replace what?
(a)
In ME, GG or DG(E) would replace what?
(a)
How would the long vowels <e> and <Ō> would be affected in ME
The letters would be doubled in writing
The letters would be changed to <i> and <u> respectively
Both of the letters would be unaffected
<e> remains the same, but <Ō> would lose the accent mark over the letter
In ME, <k> would see gradually decreased use
True
False
The phonetic sound /h/ would be lost before which letters?
(a)
