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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Good English and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which tribe does England get its name?
(a) The Englees
(b) The Engles
(c) The Angels
(d) The Angles

2. Many English speakers promote the particular variety of English that they speak while ____________________ the dialects of speakers from other regions.
(a) trying
(b) mimicking
(c) ridiculing
(d) studying

3. In whose work can inconsistent spelling be found due to the event of #67?
(a) Dante
(b) Faulkner
(c) Chaucer
(d) Shakespeare

4. What does the author use to show the development of human speech?
(a) The Bible
(b) Cave drawings
(c) Parchments
(d) Archaeological evidence

5. The Celts are strongly influenced by which culture?
(a) French
(b) Germanic
(c) Norwegian
(d) Roman

Short Answer Questions

1. From what do most languages derive?

2. What profession encourages expressions that make numbers and letters clearer when communicating by radio?

3. On what does a child's vocabulary rely?

4. Who is the official authority over the English language?

5. Who lost control of the United Kingdom under Roman occupation?

(see the answer key)

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