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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) Newspapers
(b) The printing press
(c) The Constitution
(d) McGuffy's Reader

2. What language is used to communicate across borders?
(a) Japanese
(b) Italian
(c) English
(d) French

3. What does the author feel there is a lack of among English native speakers?
(a) To read documents in Old English
(b) To teach English to foreigners
(c) To learn other languages
(d) To learn new words each year

4. In what countries is English studied?
(a) North America
(b) Europe
(c) Countries all over the world
(d) Asia

5. Who is the official authority over the English language?
(a) No one
(b) The Prime Minister of England
(c) Daniel Webster
(d) The Queen of England

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Asian languages have less of than other languages?

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

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

4. Which speakers are becoming a minority of single-language users around the world?

5. Why can translations between countries be considered difficult?

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