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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Where Words Come From.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Noam Chomsky?
(a) A British psychologist
(b) An American linguist
(c) A French archaeologist
(d) A Russian writer

3. Who invades England in 1066?
(a) The Norwegians
(b) The Romans
(c) The French
(d) The Normans

4. From which tribe does England get its name?
(a) The Englees
(b) The Angels
(c) The Engles
(d) The Angles

5. The author finds that many languages _________________________.
(a) die out eventually
(b) are difficult to learn
(c) have many similarities
(d) overlap geographically

Short Answer Questions

1. What is usually important to users of other languages that the English language expresses with one general category word?

2. The author tends to think that English is special because of ___________________________.

3. What does the author use to show the development of human speech?

4. In addition to linguistic differences in languages, there are also ________________________.

5. How do some linguists think that children learn their languages?

(see the answer key)

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