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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Good English and Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many English speakers promote the particular variety of English that they speak while ____________________ the dialects of speakers from other regions.
(a) mimicking
(b) ridiculing
(c) studying
(d) trying

2. Who were two champions for the simplification of English spelling?
(a) Ben Franklin and John Adams
(b) Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster
(c) Ben Franklin and Guttenberg
(d) Ben Franklin and Noah Webster

3. Why could the Neanderthals not keep up with the Cro-Magnons?
(a) They could not run as fast
(b) They did not have fire
(c) Their brains were not as big
(d) They couldn't communicate with the same complexity

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

5. What did Sir William Jones recognize?
(a) The adaptability of the English language
(b) The rhythm of the Romance languages
(c) The verb tenses of European languages
(d) Similarities between Sanskrit and languages of Europe

Short Answer Questions

1. The differences between languages bring up questions about what?

2. What else impacts the pronunciation of some words?

3. In what American city do people speak with slurred words that make them almost impossible to understand?

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

5. When does modern English begin to emerge?

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