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

2. What historical occurrence is explored in Chapter 6?
(a) The Johnstown Flood
(b) The Kennedy Assassination
(c) The Great Vowel Shift
(d) The Great Depression

3. What else impacts the pronunciation of some words?
(a) Lazy speakers
(b) Southern accents
(c) Speech impediments
(d) Regional pronunciations

4. In whose work can inconsistent spelling be found due to the event of #67?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Faulkner
(c) Chaucer
(d) Dante

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 6 addresses the changing pronunciation of which language over time?

3. Which words are appropriate for the common people to use?

4. What element guides generational language?

5. What does Chomsky think are innate in children?

(see the answer key)

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