History of English U.D.C

Question 1

Juts tribes came from

Accepted Answer

Jutland

Question 2

Kings during the Old English time period wanted:

Accepted Answer

Success and immortality

Question 3

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales

Accepted Answer

Geoffry Chaucer

Question 4

Each Celtic tribe was headed by a:

Accepted Answer

King

Question 5

Saxon tribes came from

Accepted Answer

Northen Germany

Question 6

The period from middle English is

Accepted Answer

1150 - 1500

Question 7

England became _______________ in the Middle English time period.

Accepted Answer

Trilingual

Question 8

The ultimate origins of the English language lie in which language family?

Accepted Answer

Indo-European

Question 9

Beowolf is the earliest and greatest poem in ________ English.

Accepted Answer

Old

Question 10

. How much longer after Ceaser's invasions did the Romans invade and settle?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 11

What did the Celts' lack of political unity make them vulnerable to?

Accepted Answer

Enemies

Question 12

Caxton's dialect was known as:

Accepted Answer

Standard English

Question 13

Beowolf was written by Jules Verne.

Accepted Answer

No way

Question 14

New dialect of old __________ was known as Anglo-Norman.

Accepted Answer

French

Question 15

In the middle english time period, which social class gained social and economical importance?

Accepted Answer

Merchand

Question 16

During the Middle English period, many words were borrowed from which two languages?

Accepted Answer

Latin and French

Question 17

The Black Death killed what percentage of the population?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 18

There are 4 periods of Middle English literature

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Angles tribes came from

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 20

Who fought naked and painted blue in wars?

Accepted Answer

Celts

Question 21

What was the time period of Old English?

Accepted Answer

450 - 1066

Question 22

Who was famous for decapitating enemies and wearing their heads on belts?

Accepted Answer

Celts

Question 23

What percentage of modern english is derived from old english?

Accepted Answer

1/5

Question 24

In the 16th century, the use of __________ blossomed

Accepted Answer

Commas

Question 25

Which late-19th-century novel introduced a colloquial prose style

Accepted Answer

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Question 26

Poets redorded deeds of:

Accepted Answer

Kings

Question 27

Angles tribes stablished kindoms in

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Eastern and Northen

Question 28

In 1828, __________ _____________ published a dictionary with 20000 entries

Accepted Answer

Noah Webster

Question 29

Language uses in old English

Accepted Answer

Words and sentences

Question 30

When was english universally accepted?

Accepted Answer

1800

Question 31

In Old English, pronunciation of vowel and consonant sounds is very:

Accepted Answer

Different

Question 32

______ ______ was a result of the industrial and scientific revolutions and the British Empire.

Accepted Answer

Modern English

Question 33

When the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrive, ___________ words are introduced.

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 34

Language is unique to humans: true or false?

Accepted Answer

Complex, Intricate, Complicated

Question 35

When did William the Conqueror invade England?

Accepted Answer

1066

Question 36

England was named ____________ then ______________.

Accepted Answer

Anglecynn, Englaland

Question 37

Saxon tribes established kingdoms in

Accepted Answer

Southern and Western

Question 38

The King James Bible was translated in

Accepted Answer

1755

Question 39

Language is unique to humans: true or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Who published the book Dissertations on the English Language (1789)?

Accepted Answer

Noah Webster

Question 41

William Caxton printed the first books in England in:

Accepted Answer

1476

Question 42

The first ever dictionary was published in _________.

Accepted Answer

1604

Question 43

Ceaser invaded England with a Roman army in:

Accepted Answer

54BC and 55BC

Question 44

The ____________ alphabet was borrowed to write in Old English.

Accepted Answer

Roman

Question 45

England was inhabited by Celts until what time?

Accepted Answer

5th century Bc

Question 46

Chaucer invented Middle English using new words and phrases.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

What was the most significant poem written in Middle English in the age of romance?

Accepted Answer

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Question 48

When did Canada become British?

Accepted Answer

1763

Question 49

Beowolf was written ___________ years ago.

Accepted Answer

1000

Question 50

Shakespeare's vocabulary included about __________ words.

Accepted Answer

3400

Question 51

At the end of the 17th century, there were about _______ english speakers

Accepted Answer

5 - 7 million

Question 52

Who invented the first movable printing press in 1450?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 53

During which decade the number of speakers of English exceed the number of native by 1st time

Accepted Answer

1950s

Question 54

Viking language was called Norse.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

History of a language consists of

Accepted Answer

Changes over period of its existence, Emergence, Causes of change

Question 56

Normans held the crown for 25 years: true or false?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

Who is the Duke of Normandy?

Accepted Answer

William the Conqueror

Question 58

Jutes tribes stablished kindoms in

Accepted Answer

Isle and wright

Question 59

1/10 of Shakespeare's words were his own invention.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

The Black Death lasted for one year in 1349, ending in 1350 AD.

Accepted Answer

That's right

Question 61

When do the Vikings FIRST invade?

Accepted Answer

793 AD

Question 62

The Vikings came from

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 63

Approximately how many words were added to English by Normans?

Accepted Answer

10000

Question 64

Caxton and his printing press were responsible for standardizing spelling and ___________.

Accepted Answer

Syntax

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