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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author feels that the English-only movement is more about ______________________ than preservation and advancement.
(a) dominance
(b) integrity
(c) insecurity
(d) politics

2. What is the dictionary that follows Webster's forty years later?
(a) Oxford English Dictionary
(b) Mensa English Dictionary
(c) Harvard English Dictionary
(d) Franklin's English Dictionary

3. Why does the author think it is difficult to trace the history of language using only written records?
(a) Much is not accounted for if spoken language is not accounted for
(b) Meanings can be lost in translation
(c) Historians are prone to making errors
(d) Documents can be lost or altered

4. British surnames are the product of confusing pronunciations and ____________________.
(a) spellings
(b) accents
(c) word combinations
(d) colloquialisms

5. Censoring words is more prevalent in which country?
(a) Ireland
(b) England
(c) Germany
(d) United States

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows up in versions of early dictionaries?

2. Original names from _______________ or Native American times have slowly shifted in spelling and pronunciation.

3. Other than America and England, what country speaks English primarily?

4. The author discusses the process of development of the British _____________ from the Middle Ages to the present.

5. How many words were contained in the dictionary mentioned in #113?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's final position on the future of the English language?

2. Describe the evolution of swear words.

3. To what does the author attribute the misuse of English grammar?

4. What considerations must businesses take into account when naming companies to go to market internationally?

5. Why are translations between English and Japanese especially difficult?

6. What is the source of many swear words throughout history?

7. What is the background of Webster's Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary?

8. What is the correlation between tracing swear words and tracing the history of language overall?

9. Explain the role of immigrants to North America on the evolution of the English language.

10. What happens to the use of swear words as society becomes more cognizant of propriety?

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