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

2. Which two languages have found some purpose in international communications?
(a) Seaspeak and Chinese
(b) Seaspeak and English
(c) Esperanto and Volapuk
(d) Seaspeak and Esperanto

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following languages has not been proposed as an international language?

2. The Celts are strongly influenced by which culture?

3. Which country is used as an example of the difficulties of international communication?

4. Who lost control of the United Kingdom under Roman occupation?

5. From which tribe does England get its name?

(see the answer key)

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