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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tendency to change names and pronunciations occurs _____________________.
(a) In Britain and America
(b) Germany
(c) China
(d) Italy

2. What brings some sort of uniformity to spelling and language?
(a) Newspapers
(b) The printing press
(c) McGuffy's Reader
(d) The Constitution

3. American surnames can be traced to ____________________ names.
(a) ancestral
(b) British
(c) city
(d) immigrant

4. During Norman rule, which words are appropriate for the upper class to use?
(a) Danish
(b) Irish
(c) French
(d) Italian

5. Many English speakers promote the particular variety of English that they speak while ____________________ the dialects of speakers from other regions.
(a) mimicking
(b) trying
(c) studying
(d) ridiculing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who lost control of the United Kingdom under Roman occupation?

3. What do the British borrow from American English?

4. The author tends to think that English is special because of ___________________________.

5. According to the author, what is easy or difficult depending on the point of view?

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