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WorksheetsТил Теория 1модуль
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Scandinavian invasion into England had begun as early as…
5th century
7th century
8th century
10th century
What event was the introduction of the Latin alphabet accompanied with?
Roman conquest
Christianization
Scandinavian invasion
Norman Conquest
Which of the following languages is not a Germanic language?
Gothic
Old Norse
Latin
Old English
What group of languages does Old English belong to?
Romance
Germanic
Celtic
Slavic
Proto-Germanic language was reconstructed by which branch of linguistics?
Structural
Sociolinguistics
Historical linguistics
Psycholinguistics
The age of literary flourishing is known as…
The Viking Age
The Roman Period
The age of King Alfred
The Norman Period
The English language of the XIX–XX centuries represents…
Middle English
Early Modern English
Modern English
Old English
Old English vocabulary can be divided into…
Formal and informal
Spoken and written
Native and borrowed
Literary and non-literary
What dialect did the literary form of English arise from?
Mercian
Kentish
the South-Western dialects
Northumbrian
When did the Romans under Julius Caesar land in Britain?
43 A.D.
55 B.C.
410 A.D.
597 A.D.
‘Vespasian Psalter’ (8th century) was represented by which dialect?
Kentish
Mercian
West Saxon
Northumbrian
When and who sent a mission to England to spread Christianity?
410 – Emperor Constantine
597 – Pope Gregory I
787 – King Alfred
828 – King Egbert
What alphabets were used in Old English?
Greek and Latin
Latin only
Runic and Latin
Runic and Greek
The Runic document “Runic Casket” is described as…
A law code
A historical chronicle
A short poem about whalebone
A religious sermon
How many principal dialects were there in Old English?
Two
Three
Four
Five
What period is also called Pre-written?
Middle English
Early Old English
Late Old English
Modern English
Who occupied the whole territory north of the Thames in the late 9th century?
Romans
Normans
the Scandinavians
Celts
Who governed England in 1016–1035?
Alfred the Great
Edward the Confessor
Canute
William I
According to Henry Sweet, the Middle English period is…
Period of inflections
Period of borrowings
Transitional / Period of levelled endings
Classical period
What does the outer history of a language study?
Grammar structure
Pronunciation rules
External historical and social events
Word formation
What does the inner history of a language study?
Political history
the events in the life of the people speaking this language
Geography
Religion
When did the history of the English language begin?
1st century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
5th century A.D.
8th century A.D.
Who compiled “The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”?
Bede
Alfred the Great
Canute
William of Normandy
Which dialect does NOT belong to the four principal OE dialects?
Mercian
Kentish
Wessex
London dialect
What grammatical genders did Old English nouns distinguish?
Common and neuter
Masculine, feminine, neuter
Animate and inanimate
Strong and weak
How long did Scandinavian power in England last?
About 100 years
About 150 years
About 200 years
About 300 years
According to Tacitus, where did Germanic tribes live?
Deserts
Mountains
Woody and marshy country
Coastal areas
The Scandinavian element thorp denoted…
Castle
River
Village
Field
What book recorded yearly events starting from 787?
Domesday Book
Edda
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Beowulf
How long did the struggle against Scandinavians last?
One century
Two centuries
Three centuries
Five centuries
What influenced West Germanic tongues in the OE transitional period?
Trade only
Religion
Wars and migrations
Education
Who wrote the first history of England?
Alfred the Great
Bede
Canute
Grimm
How many Celtic tribes lived in the British Isles and who were they?
Three: Scots, Picts, Gauls
Two: Scots and Britons
One: Britons
Four: Scots, Britons, Picts, Irish
When and why was the Roman army called back from Britain?
55 B.C., invasion
410 A.D., to defend Italy
597 A.D., Christianization
828 A.D., wars
Who proposed the division of English history by unstressed endings?
Grimm
Bede
Henry Sweet
Otto Jespersen
How many kingdoms did Germanic tribes form in Britain?
Five
Six
Seven
Nine
When did the struggle between kingdoms end decisively and by whom?
787, King Alfred
828, King of Wessex
1016, Canute
1066, William
When and how did Jacob Grimm formulate consonant changes?
18th c., morphology
Early 19th c., phonetics
20th c., syntax
17th c., lexicology
When and why did Germanic tribes borrow the Latin alphabet?
5th c., trade
6th c., wars
7th c., Christianization
9th c., education
How was Proto-Germanic recreated?
Translation method
Comparative method
Structural method
Descriptive method
What was a collection of epic songs of Old Icelandic called?
Beowulf
Chronicle
Edda
Saga
Who were the first Germans to become Christians?
Angles
Saxons
Goths
Franks
How many groups did Germanic tribes consist of according to Pliny?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Which period is called Old English?
300–700 A.D.
450–1150 A.D.
1066–1500 A.D.
1500–1800 A.D.
What language family does English belong to?
Uralic
Altaic
Indo-European
Semitic
