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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. Who were two champions for the simplification of English spelling?
(a) Ben Franklin and Guttenberg
(b) Ben Franklin and Noah Webster
(c) Ben Franklin and John Adams
(d) Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster

2. What about the English language gives users greater range of expression?
(a) More vowel sounds
(b) Past and future tenses
(c) Active and passive voices
(d) More letters of the alphabet

3. What element guides generational language?
(a) Superiority
(b) Pop culture
(c) Regionalism
(d) Colloquialisms

4. The author decides it is ______________ to divide the U.S. into distinct accents.
(a) easy
(b) futile
(c) frustrating
(d) fun

5. What does the author consider to be unreliable in monitoring English word usage?
(a) Thesauri
(b) Dictionaries
(c) Spelling books
(d) Foreign language textbooks

Short Answer Questions

1. What is common to most English speakers?

2. What happens when a particular phonology is applied to adopted words?

3. What does the English language's large vocabulary mean to users?

4. The pronunciations of many words in America reflect what speakers think British speakers say and _______________________.

5. British pronunciation and vocabulary is generally viewed to have high ________________ in North America.

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