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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 can make learning English unnecessarily difficult?
(a) The alphabet
(b) Vowels
(c) Tense switching
(d) Grammar rules

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

3. The author states that there are characteristics in the English language that ______________________________.
(a) are easy to learn
(b) are intuitive
(c) are lacking in other languages
(d) are fundamental

4. Which group surprisingly makes grammar and word mistakes?
(a) Famous authors
(b) Professors
(c) Scholars
(d) Clergymen

5. There is debate about the simplicity of English spelling and _________________________.
(a) vowel sounds
(b) tense
(c) pronunciation
(d) meaning

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be misused even by experts on the topic?

2. In Chapter 4, the author traces the development of English in what country?

3. English speakers then to think their language is ___________________.

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

5. Who is the Venerable Bede?

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