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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Global Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Languages around the world contain common ______________________.
(a) verb tenses
(b) foundations
(c) vowels
(d) consonants

2. What is onomatopoeia?
(a) A culinary trend
(b) A new insect genus
(c) A word which represents the sound of something
(d) The predecessor of Cro-Magnon man

3. What can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?
(a) Grammar rules
(b) The alphabet
(c) Tense switching
(d) Vowels

4. The English language has _____________________________.
(a) changed considerably
(b) remained constant
(c) had minimal change
(d) served as the foundation for most languages

5. From what do most languages derive?
(a) Sign language
(b) Cro-Magnon utterances
(c) Indo-European language family
(d) South America

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between Cro-Magnon man and Neanderthal man?

2. The author discusses the elements that English lacks but that ______________________________.

3. English speakers then to think their language is ___________________.

4. How do some linguists think that children learn their languages?

5. Why could the Neanderthals not keep up with the Cro-Magnons?

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