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What is the oldest spoken language?
Indo-Eurasian
Anatolian
Sanskrit
Old English
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Who initiated the tendency to use English instead of Latin in education and literature?
King Alfred
King Boudica
King William II
King John
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What is NOT one of the periods of development of the English Language?
Middle English
Old English
Ancient English
Modern English
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What is one of the oldest pieces of English literature?
Canterbury tales
Beowulf
Odyssey
Romeo and Juliet
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In what language/dialect was Beowulf written?
Northumbrian
Norse
West Saxon
Latin
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Who conquered England and created the Danelaw?
Germans
Romans
Vikings
Celts
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What language family does English belong to?
Germanic
Celtic
Slavic
Roman
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What do we call a stylistic device "whale-road"?
False friend
Cognate
Comparison
Kenning
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Which tribe was NOT German?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Picts
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How many dialects of Old English were there?
4
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