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ENG 104

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1. Old English has the closest linguistic relationship with

A. Old Frisian and Old Saxon

B. French and Spanish

C. Modern English and Scots

D. Latin and Greek

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2. The dialect that became the literary standard in late Old English was

A. Northumbrian

B. Kentish

C. West Saxon

D. Mercian

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3. The term “Satem languages” refers to languages in which /k/ changed to:

A. /g/

B. /f/

C. /s/ or /ʃ/

D. /z/

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4. The period from AD 450 to 1150 in English language development.

A. Old English

B. Modern English

C. Proto-English

D. Early Middle English

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5. The major vowel changes between Middle and Modern English are known as:

A. The Silent Consonant Movement

B. The Latin Renaissance Shift

C. The Modernization of English

D. The Great Vowel Shift

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6. This dialect of Old English later emerged as the most prestigious in literary use.

A. Mercian

B. Northumbrian

C. Kentish

D. West Saxon

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7. Latin and English coexisted in Britain during the Roman occupation due to this reason.

A. English replaced Latin immediately

B. Latin was spoken only by soldiers

C. Latin served the towns, Celtic remained rural

D. English was the ruling class language

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8. This literary work marks a major achievement of Middle English literature.

A. Paradise Lost

B. Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation

C. Beowulf

D. The Canterbury Tales

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9. A French linguistic influence that remained after the Norman Conquest.

A. Court vocabulary

B. Inflectional system

C. Verb order

D. Grammar structure

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10. During Old English, the standard dialect for literary writing was:

A. Northumbrian

B. Mercian

C. Kentish

D. West Saxon

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11. Most Celtic speakers were pushed into

A. France

B. Central England

C. Scotland, Wales, and Ireland

D. Northern Africa

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12. This factor triggered the decline of French dominance in England after the Norman period.

A. Rise of Latin education

B. Return of Celtic influence

C. Loss of Normandy by England

D. Spread of Scandinavian settlers

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13. The Anglo-Saxons trace their origin to

A. Roman soldiers

B. Scandinavian settlers

C. Greek merchants

D. Germanic settlers

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14. The first book printed in English by William Caxton was:

A. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

B. Aesop’s Fables

C. The Domesday Book

D. The Canterbury Tales

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15. A word like buzz formed by imitating natural sounds is an example of:

A. Onomatopoeia

B. Conversion

C. Compounding

D. Derivation

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16. The Roman occupation of Britain officially ended around

A. 55 B.C.

B. A.D. 900

C. A.D. 1066

D. A.D. 410

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17. The Anglo-Saxons trace their origin to

A. Germanic settlers

B. Scandinavian settlers

C. Roman soldiers

D. Greek merchants

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18. The significant vowel change in the pronunciation of English during the transition to Modern English.

A. The Vowel Drift

B. The Sound Merge

C. The Inkhorn Change

D. The Great Vowel Shift

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19. English belongs to the same sub-group as German, Dutch, and Frisian.

A. East Germanic

B. Baltic

C. North Germanic

D. West Germanic

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20. This event brought French as a dominant language in English governance and culture.

A. Norman Conquest

B. Viking Age

C. Danish Invasion

D. Roman Conquest

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21. The transformation of /p/, /t/, /k/ into /f/, /θ/, /h/ in Germanic languages is described by:

A. Grimm’s Law

B. Verner’s Law

C. Schleicher’s Theory

D. Gresham’s Law

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22. The Indo-European language family includes the branch from which English is derived.

A. Dravidian

B. Germanic

C. Sino-Tibetan

D. Dravidian

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23. This tribe settled in Kent and arrived first among the Germanic invaders.

A. Picts

B. Angles

C. Saxons

D. Jutes

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24. The West Germanic group includes

A. Russian and Polish

B. German and Dutch

C. Irish and Welsh

D. French and Italian

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25. This lexical feature shows strong Scandinavian influence in modern English.

A. Latin prefixes

B. Inflectional endings

C. Greek suffixes

D. 'sk' initial sounds in words

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26. The dialect spoken in and around London during the Middle English period was:

A. Kentish

B. Northumbrian

C. West Saxon

D. East Midland

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27. This language introduced a significant number of religious, educational, and domestic terms into Old English.

A. Frisian

B. Norse

C. Celtic

D. Latin

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28. A major linguistic effect of the Roman conquest in Britain.

A. Introduction of Greek grammar

B. Shift to German as official language

C. Elimination of Celtic names

D. Introduction of Latin place-names

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29. Languages such as Danish and Swedish fall under the

A. North Germanic branch

B. Western Germanic branch

C. Low West Germanic branch

D. East Germanic branch

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30. The Norman Conquest led to the infusion of which language into English vocabulary?

A. French

B. Greek

C. Arabic

D. Latin

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31. Proto-Germanic languages reduced the original eight Indo-European cases to how many?

A. Six

B. Five

C. Three

D. Four

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32. This phonological transformation marked the transition from Middle to Modern English.

A. Great Vowel Shift

B. Standardization of spelling

C. Introduction of diphthongs

D. Loss of inflectional endings

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33. This king's defeat at the Battle of Hastings led to the beginning of Norman rule in England

A. William Rufus

B. Edward the Confessor

C. Harold Godwinson

D. Henry I

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34. The word "England" derives from the

A. Romans

B. Normans

C. Angles

D. Celts

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35. The major religious influence on Old English vocabulary.

A. Paganism

B. Christianity

C. Islam

D. Buddhism

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36. The English language belongs to the

A. Celtic family

B. Slavic family

C. Romance family

D. Indo-European family

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37. The Germanic tribe that settled in Kent during the 5th century.

A. Saxons

B. Angles

C. Picts

D. Jutes

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38. Latin and French are classified under the same Indo-European sub-branch.

A. Italic

B. Germanic

C. Celtic

D. Slavic

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39. Old English developed from the dialects of

A. Greeks

B. Germanic tribes

C. Romans

D. Native Britons

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40. This social group contributed greatly to the revival and spread of English in the Middle English period.

A. Nobility

B. Peasants

C. Clergy

D. Middle Class

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