Literature Quiz 1

Question 1

English is a ___ language

Answer 1

Germanic

Question 2

the most widespread language

Answer 2

English

Question 3

the language spoken by more people

Answer 3

Mandarin (Chinese)

Question 4

English is traced back to…what?

Answer 4

3 tribes. The Saxons, Angles, Jutes

Question 5

how was the Latin alphabet was brought over

Answer 5

the Latin alphabet was brought over from Ireland by Christian missionaries

Question 6

OLD ENGLISH

Answer 6

500-1100 AD

Question 7

MIDDLE ENGLISH

Answer 7

1100-1500

Question 8

Plurals

Answer 8

the germanic form ( adding en to the word) was relaced with the french form (adding S to the word)

Question 9

Spelling

Answer 9

French affected spelling, too. (CWEEN to QUEEN)

Question 10

EARLY MODERN ENGLISH

Answer 10

1500-1800

Question 11

LATE MODERN ENGLISH

Answer 11

1800-present

Question 12

pronunciation

Answer 12

The great vowel shift: this was the change in pronunciation that began in 1400

Question 13

William Caxton

Answer 13

brought the printing press to england in 1476

Question 14

the first english dictionary

Answer 14

published in 1604

Question 15

vocabulary

Answer 15

the principle distinction in late modern english

Question 16

Industrial and scientific revolutions

Answer 16

created a need for neologisms to desribe new creations and discoveries

Question 17

the rise of British Empire and growth of Global trade

Answer 17

Introduced english to the world, but new words into english

Question 18

the two world wars

Answer 18

influenced english because of the military slang