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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 shows up in versions of early dictionaries?
(a) Conflicts
(b) The author's personality
(c) Errors
(d) Judgments

2. In addition to organization, what other issues arise when publishing a dictionary?
(a) Psychological
(b) Political
(c) Financial
(d) Social

3. What combines with vowels to make pronunciation rules difficult to define?
(a) Punctuation
(b) Too many consonants
(c) Cultural dialects
(d) Complex spelling rules

4. The author tends to think that English is special because of ___________________________.
(a) its inherent ease of learning
(b) its verb use
(c) its flexibility of use
(d) its lyrical sound

5. 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) metaphor
(b) irony
(c) mistake
(d) symbol

Short Answer Questions

1. The English language has _____________________________.

2. What does Chomsky think are innate in children?

3. What marketing challenge must companies address when considering working abroad?

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

5. In what year is the dictionary mentioned in #113 printed?

(see the answer key)

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