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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the English language's large vocabulary mean to users?
(a) More vowels
(b) More precise expression
(c) More spelling words
(d) More letters of the alphabet

3. It is an interesting ____________ that Americans attempt to imitate the British by using words and pronunciations that are not British at all or are no longer used.
(a) mistake
(b) metaphor
(c) irony
(d) symbol

4. Regional trends have common accent features but no speakers who _________________________________.
(a) can teach proper English
(b) can be emulated
(c) can emulate someone else
(d) all speak in exactly the same way

5. According to the author, some words are formed out of __________________.
(a) guttural noises
(b) other words
(c) mistakes
(d) misunderstandings

Short Answer Questions

1. From which tribe does England get its name?

2. Words that enter American and British vocabularies generally come from what country?

3. Language has the ability to do what?

4. Words adopted into the English language already have ___________________.

5. Chapter 6 addresses the changing pronunciation of which language over time?

(see the answer key)

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