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ENG 121 MAIN EXAMS PREP TEST

Quiz by Henry Best

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  • Q1
    The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were tribes that migrated to ________.
    Germany
    Scotland
    France
    England
    30s
  • Q2
    The language spoken by the early English ancestors was a dialect of ________.
    Old Norse
    French
    Latin
    Low German
    30s
  • Q3
    Words like kettle, wine, cheese, butter, and bishop were borrowed from ________ into English.
    Latin
    French
    Old Norse
    Greek
    30s
  • Q4
    The last Roman ruler left Britain in ________ A.D.
    450
    476
    400
    410
    30s
  • Q5
    The history of the English language is divided into ________, ________, and ________.
    Anglo-Saxon English, Norman English, Contemporary English
    Early English, Transitional English, Contemporary English
    Early English, Late English, Modern English
    Old English, Middle English, Modern English
    30s
  • Q6
    The most famous king of the West Saxons was ________, who promoted learning and translation of books into English.
    Edward the Confessor
    Alfred the Great
    Harold Godwinson
    William the Conqueror
    30s
  • Q7
    The Norman Conquest occurred in ________ A.D.
    1000
    1100
    1066
    1215
    30s
  • Q8
    The Great Vowel Shift took place between ________ A.D. and ________ A.D.
    1500, 1700
    1400, 1600
    1300, 1500
    1200, 1400
    30s
  • Q9
    According to Bede, the Jutes came to England in ________ A.D.
    449
    425
    500
    400
    30s
  • Q10
    The study of the physical features of speech sounds is called __________.
    Syntax
    Phonology
    Morphology
    Phonetics
    30s
  • Q11
    Which tribes migrated to England?
    Frisians
    Normans
    Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
    Celts
    30s
  • Q12
    What dialect did the early English ancestors speak?
    Latin
    Old Norse
    Celtic
    Low German
    30s
  • Q13
    Who were the first to establish contact with the Anglo-Saxons?
    explorers and diplomats
    warriors and settlers
    monks and scholars
    merchants and traders
    30s
  • Q14
    From which language were words like kettle and wine borrowed into English?
    Old Norse
    Celtic
    Greek
    Latin
    30s
  • Q15
    When did the last Roman ruler leave Britain?
    400 A.D.
    450 A.D.
    410 A.D.
    480 A.D.
    30s

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