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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The First Thousand Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language and culture does the answer to #44 bring to England?
(a) French
(b) Spanish
(c) Irish
(d) Danish

2. In Chapter 4, the author traces the development of English in what country?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) France
(c) Norway
(d) Spain

3. For what is the Venerable Bede famous?
(a) Preserving religious rituals on scrolls
(b) Printing the Bible in French
(c) Defending Britain from the Romans
(d) Writing a book on the History of England

4. Languages around the world contain common ______________________.
(a) consonants
(b) verb tenses
(c) vowels
(d) foundations

5. English speakers then to think their language is ___________________.
(a) easy to master
(b) difficult to learn
(c) dignified
(d) superior

Short Answer Questions

1. The Celts are strongly influenced by which culture?

2. There is debate about the simplicity of English spelling and _________________________.

3. Which words are appropriate for the common people to use?

4. From which tribe does England get its name?

5. From what do most languages derive?

(see the answer key)

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