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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 allows a speaker to express class status?
(a) Synonyms
(b) Sentence structure
(c) Accents
(d) Antonyms

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

3. A trend seen on both sides of the Atlantic is that of _________________________.
(a) punishing for swear words said in public
(b) restricting swear words in public
(c) fining for swear words written in public
(d) whispering swear words in public

4. Why could the Neanderthals not keep up with the Cro-Magnons?
(a) They could not run as fast
(b) Their brains were not as big
(c) They did not have fire
(d) They couldn't communicate with the same complexity

5. Regional trends have common accent features but no speakers who _________________________________.
(a) all speak in exactly the same way
(b) can be emulated
(c) can emulate someone else
(d) can teach proper English

Short Answer Questions

1. What is DARE?

2. How many words did Noah Webster's dictionary contain to surpass the one mentioned in #113?

3. Chapter 13 addresses what traditions in the English-speaking world?

4. Why does the author feel it is difficult to trace the history of swearing?

5. From what context do many swear words come?

(see the answer key)

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