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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Pronunciation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is often cited as an equalizing force in English?
(a) The lack of grammatical gender
(b) Latin derivatives
(c) Tenses
(d) Sentence structure

4. The author states that there are characteristics in the English language that ______________________________.
(a) are intuitive
(b) are easy to learn
(c) are lacking in other languages
(d) are fundamental

5. Words adopted into the English language already have ___________________.
(a) Dictionary listings
(b) Ease of use indicators
(c) Adaptations from other languages
(d) Prior approval for use

Short Answer Questions

1. What combines with vowels to make pronunciation rules difficult to define?

2. Language issues tend to be __________________.

3. What else impacts the pronunciation of some words?

4. What is usually important to users of other languages that the English language expresses with one general category word?

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

(see the answer key)

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