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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. The differences between languages bring up questions about what?
(a) Their ease of use
(b) Their origins and place within the human story
(c) Their clarity
(d) Their purpose

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

3. In what time period does the event from #67 occur?
(a) 1500s
(b) 1930s
(c) 1800s
(d) 1960s

4. Because of the event of #67, the works of which two authors are especially difficult to understand?
(a) Dante and Shakespeare
(b) Chaucer and Hemingway
(c) Chaucer and Dante
(d) Chaucer and Shakespeare

5. According to the author, what do most academies hand down about English grammar?
(a) Illogical rules
(b) Important guidelines
(c) A sense of history
(d) Repeated mistakes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the official authority over the English language?

2. English is a language of constant ___________________.

3. Many English speakers promote the particular variety of English that they speak while ____________________ the dialects of speakers from other regions.

4. From which tribe does England get its name?

5. What is onomatopoeia?

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