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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 is the study of the English language considered to be?
(a) A necessary evil
(b) A large industry in the world
(c) A requirment in all schools
(d) A waste of time

2. The author discusses the elements that English lacks but that ______________________________.
(a) Really don't make a difference
(b) Could stand improvement
(c) Other languages have
(d) Make it a superior language regardless

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

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

5. The differences between languages bring up questions about what?
(a) Their ease of use
(b) Their purpose
(c) Their origins and place within the human story
(d) Their clarity

Short Answer Questions

1. What can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?

2. Which part of Spain often engages in violence to protect its language?

3. From what do most languages derive?

4. What is often cited as an equalizing force in English?

5. English speakers then to think their language is ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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