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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. Who lost control of the United Kingdom under Roman occupation?
(a) The Vikings
(b) Celtic tribes
(c) The royal family
(d) Germanic tribes

2. What does the English language's large vocabulary mean to users?
(a) More precise expression
(b) More spelling words
(c) More letters of the alphabet
(d) More vowels

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

4. Who establishes a large presence in Northern England in the year 850?
(a) The French
(b) The Danish Vikings
(c) The Romans
(d) The Russians

5. What is often cited as an equalizing force in English?
(a) Tenses
(b) Sentence structure
(c) Latin derivatives
(d) The lack of grammatical gender

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tends to invent new words in the present day?

2. Language has the ability to do what?

3. What is the study of the English language considered to be?

4. Physical communication strategies include proximity between speakers, hand gestures and ______________________.

5. The author discusses the elements that English lacks but that ______________________________.

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