MODERN ENGLISH

Question 1

With regard to vocabulary, which movement was most influential?

Accepted Answer

Neologisers

Question 2

In MoE Literature, female writings were...

Accepted Answer

autobiographical

Question 3

In MoE, the third person singular pronoun used the morpheme...

Accepted Answer

(-(e)th/-s)

Question 4

Who wrote Dr. Faustus?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Marlowe

Question 5

William Shakespeare wrote about...

Accepted Answer

37 plays and 154 sonnets

Question 6

In MoE, two different determiners could precede a noun.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

The fall of Constantinople affected ModE as long as...

Accepted Answer

it resulted in the flourishing of Humanism

Question 8

Which of these verbs is NOT a case of conversion

Accepted Answer

To discuss

Question 9

The MoE language got into contact with other languages by means of invasions from America, Oceania and Africa

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Great Vowel Shift affected...

Accepted Answer

Long vowels

Question 11

Identify the word formed by clipping

Accepted Answer

lab

Question 12

The death date recorded for both Shakespeare and Cervantes is...

Accepted Answer

April 23, 1616

Question 13

Which two new consonant phonemes were produced in ModE?

Accepted Answer

/ŋ/ & /ʒ/

Question 14

England lived its Golden Age with the reign of

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 15

Regarding the prescriptive stage in the standardisation process of English, it has not been very successful

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Which is not a stage in the process of standardisation

Accepted Answer

Description

Question 17

Identify a case of blending

Accepted Answer

Smog

Questions 17