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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Global Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?
(a) Vowels
(b) The alphabet
(c) Grammar rules
(d) Tense switching

2. Language differences within a country are often ________________.
(a) divisive
(b) political
(c) petty
(d) irreconcilable

3. What is onomatopoeia?
(a) The predecessor of Cro-Magnon man
(b) A culinary trend
(c) A word which represents the sound of something
(d) A new insect genus

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

5. What does Chomsky think are innate in children?
(a) Several language barriers
(b) Rhyming capabilities
(c) "Ground rules" that help them learn language
(d) The tendencies to be dyslexic

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language is most commonly chosen by international businesses?

3. On what does a child's vocabulary rely?

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

5. The English language has _____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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