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Germanic Languages Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What main groups were Germanic languages classified into?

a)

South, West, Central

b)

East, West, North

c)

Old, Modern, New

d)

Indo, Teutonic, Celtic

2.

Which period is called as Old English?

a)

4th – 9th centuries

b)

5th – end of the 11th

c)

6th – 12th centuries

d)

3rd – 10th centuries

3.

What are the motivations of changes in the History of the language?

a)

External and personal

b)

Internal and external

c)

Regional and social

d)

Phonetic and semantic

4.

How many groups did Germanic tribes consist of in the 1st century A.D. according to Pliny?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

5.

How did the Scandinavians mix with the English population?

a)

Religiously

b)

Ethnically, linguistically, historically

c)

Culturally only

d)

Politically

6.

What tribes were described by Greek and Roman authors?

a)

The Teutons

b)

The Germanic

c)

Old Barbarians

d)

The Romans

7.

What was the consequence of the Roman expeditions against the Germans under Julius Caesar?

a)

Successful

b)

Failed

c)

Continued

d)

Expanded

8.

Who formulated the changes of consonants in Proto-Germanic language?

a)

Jacob Grimm

b)

Karl Verner

c)

Ferdinand de Saussure

d)

Franz Bopp

9.

What language family does English belong to?

a)

Uralic

b)

Indo-European

c)

Finno-Ugric

d)

Semitic

10.

What is the earliest long manuscript of Old Gothic texts?

a)

Beowulf

b)

Silver Codex

c)

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

d)

Ulfilas’ Psalms

11.

What was Alfred the Great’s contribution to England?

a)

Built schools

b)

Started wars

c)

Created taxes

d)

Destroyed monasteries

12.

How long did the Britons fight against the Germanic conquerors?

a)

For about a century and a half

b)

50 years

c)

Until 700 AD

d)

For 300 years

13.

What separate dialects was Old Norse divided into?

a)

Old Danish, Old Spanish, Icelandic

b)

Old Danish, Icelandic

c)

Old German, Icelandic

d)

Old Swedish, Old Dutch

14.

What was a collection of epic songs of Old Icelandic?

a)

Younger Edda

b)

Older Edda

c)

Beowulf

d)

Heimskringla

15.

Who were the first Germans to become Christians?

a)

The Goths

b)

The Saxons

c)

The Franks

d)

The Angles

16.

What dialects were spoken by West Germanic tribes?

a)

Old Saxon, Old Frisian

b)

Old Norse, Old Danish

c)

Old Gothic, Old Swedish

d)

Celtic, Latin

17.

Find out the synonyms of the word ‘sermon’.

a)

Story

b)

Preaching

c)

Novel

d)

Poem

18.

What ancestor languages did Germanic languages originate from?

a)

Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European

b)

Proto-Slavic, Latin

c)

Proto-Celtic, Greek

d)

Uralic, Finno-Ugric

19.

Where did the Celtic tribes stretch to who first came to Britain?

a)

Ireland

b)

France

c)

Scotland

d)

The Isle of Man

20.

When and how was Proto-Germanic recreated?

a)

In the 18th century, archaeology

b)

In the 19th century, comparative linguistics

c)

In the 20th century, phonology

d)

In the 17th century, translation

21.

What were main weapons of Iberians?

a)

The bow and arrows

b)

The sword

c)

The shield

d)

The spear

22.

When and why did the Germanic tribes borrow the Latin alphabet?

a)

8th century, trade

b)

7th century, spread of Christianity

c)

10th century, politics

d)

9th century, education

23.

Where is the German language spoken?

a)

Switzerland

b)

Austria

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

24.

What was the stress position in Non-Germanic languages?

a)

Fixed

b)

Free

c)

Secondary

d)

Terminal

25.

When and how did Jacob Grimm create the changes of consonants in PG language?

a)

In the 18th c., by grammar

b)

In the early 19th c., with regard to phonetics

c)

In the 20th c., through syntax

d)

In the Middle Ages

26.

What are the extinct languages of the East Germanic group?

a)

Gothic

b)

Burgundian

c)

Vandalic

d)

Frisian

27.

What system of vowel changes is there in all Indo-European languages?

a)

Vowel gradation

b)

Vowel reduction

c)

Vowel lengthening

d)

Sound assimilation

28.

What purposes were the roads utilized for by the Romans?

a)

Movement of troops

b)

Trade

c)

Agricultural communication

d)

Postal service

29.

How many Celtic tribes were settled in the British Isles and who were they?

a)

2, Scots and Britons

b)

3, Celts, Gauls, Scots

c)

4, Picts, Celts, Irish, Britons

d)

1, Britons

30.

When and why were the Roman army called back from Britain?

a)

420, famine

b)

410, to defend Italy

c)

380, rebellion

d)

390, plague

31.

Who proposed the division of English history according to unstressed endings?

a)

Jacob Grimm

b)

Henry Sweet

c)

Karl Verner

d)

Otto Jespersen

32.

How many separate kingdoms did Germanic tribes form in Britain?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

33.

When and whom did the decisive victory come to in the struggle between those kingdoms?

a)

In 828, King of Wessex

b)

In 900, King of Kent

c)

In 750, King of Northumbria

d)

In 820, Alfred the Great

34.

What are the extant languages of West Germanic group?

a)

Frisian

b)

Yiddish

c)

English

d)

Gothic

35.

Who wrote the first history of England?

a)

Bede

b)

Alfred the Great

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Chaucer

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