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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, varieties of English are heavily influenced by what?
(a) financial reasons
(b) ancestral reasons
(c) social reasons
(d) geographic reasons

3. What is common to most English speakers?
(a) Stuttering
(b) Dropping end letters
(c) Slurring
(d) Talking too fast

4. Who tries to organize information about how people speak?
(a) Speech therapists
(b) Linguists
(c) Historians
(d) Professors

5. Which speakers are becoming a minority of single-language users around the world?
(a) Italian speakers
(b) English speakers
(c) German speakers
(d) French speakers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could the Neanderthals not keep up with the Cro-Magnons?

2. The English language is left to ___________ and public figures.

3. In whose work can inconsistent spelling be found due to the event of #67?

4. English cannot be confined to arbitrary rules or ____________________.

5. For what is the Venerable Bede famous?

(see the answer key)

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