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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 English as a World Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings some sort of uniformity to spelling and language?
(a) The Constitution
(b) Newspapers
(c) The printing press
(d) McGuffy's Reader

2. Which speakers are becoming a minority of single-language users around the world?
(a) Italian speakers
(b) English speakers
(c) French speakers
(d) German speakers

3. Who is the Venerable Bede?
(a) A bishop
(b) A monk
(c) A rabbi
(d) A priest

4. For what is the Venerable Bede famous?
(a) Printing the Bible in French
(b) Defending Britain from the Romans
(c) Preserving religious rituals on scrolls
(d) Writing a book on the History of England

5. Who lost control of the United Kingdom under Roman occupation?
(a) The Vikings
(b) Celtic tribes
(c) The royal family
(d) Germanic tribes

Short Answer Questions

1. For years, concern for spelling has been neglected over imposing what?

2. In what country does the printing revolution take place?

3. According to the author, what is easy or difficult depending on the point of view?

4. From which tribe does England get its name?

5. What language is used to communicate across borders?

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