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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 Swearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings some sort of uniformity to spelling and language?
(a) McGuffy's Reader
(b) The printing press
(c) The Constitution
(d) Newspapers

2. Words that enter American and British vocabularies generally come from what country?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) America

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

4. What profession encourages expressions that make numbers and letters clearer when communicating by radio?
(a) Pilots
(b) Ship captains
(c) Football coaches
(d) Cab drivers

5. The pronunciations of many words in America reflect what speakers think British speakers say and _______________________.
(a) ignores them
(b) tries to do the opposite
(c) attempts to imitate them
(d) rejects them outright

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It is an interesting ____________ that Americans attempt to imitate the British by using words and pronunciations that are not British at all or are no longer used.

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

4. Who establishes a large presence in Northern England in the year 850?

5. Original names from _______________ or Native American times have slowly shifted in spelling and pronunciation.

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