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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 Old World New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is often cited as an equalizing force in English?
(a) The lack of grammatical gender
(b) Tenses
(c) Sentence structure
(d) Latin derivatives

2. What can be misused even by experts on the topic?
(a) Punctuation
(b) Synonyms
(c) Spelling
(d) English grammar

3. Who were two champions for the simplification of English spelling?
(a) Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster
(b) Ben Franklin and Guttenberg
(c) Ben Franklin and Noah Webster
(d) Ben Franklin and John Adams

4. Because of the event of #67, the works of which two authors are especially difficult to understand?
(a) Chaucer and Hemingway
(b) Dante and Shakespeare
(c) Chaucer and Shakespeare
(d) Chaucer and Dante

5. According to the author what will happen when English comes into its own as a modern language of international importance?
(a) The language will run amuck
(b) Communication will break down
(c) There will be fewer rules imposed
(d) Regionalism will take over

Short Answer Questions

1. Which words are appropriate for the common people to use?

2. What is common to most English speakers?

3. What can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?

4. What does the author consider to be unreliable in monitoring English word usage?

5. What language and culture does the answer to #44 bring to England?

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