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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 Old World New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another major language issue in North America?
(a) Assimilation of immigrant groups
(b) Regional colloquialisms
(c) No dictionaries
(d) No printing presses

2. It is difficult to determine the _______________________ in the English language.
(a) number of words
(b) number of dictionaries
(c) number of dialects
(d) quality of words

3. What is phonology?
(a) A fraud detector
(b) A sound system for a language
(c) Telephone operator skills
(d) A phonograph history

4. What is an important benefit of the Asian pictograph languages?
(a) Cultural integrity
(b) Elegant styling
(c) Connection to modern and ancient texts
(d) Instant recognition

5. The Celts are strongly influenced by which culture?
(a) Roman
(b) Norwegian
(c) Germanic
(d) French

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the longest-standing example of an English dictionary?

2. What does Chomsky think are innate in children?

3. What does the author consider to be unreliable in monitoring English word usage?

4. What language and culture does the answer to #44 bring to England?

5. What is the dictionary that follows Webster's forty years later?

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