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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 The Future of English.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do other languages borrow English words and expressions?
(a) To illustrate the conditions of modern life
(b) To become more international
(c) To become more popular
(d) To become trendier

2. In what year was the crossword puzzle invented?
(a) 1889
(b) 1913
(c) 1945
(d) 1965

3. On what principle are cliches based?
(a) Increased use of double entendres
(b) Words changing meaning over time
(c) Language becoming less formal
(d) People becoming more clever

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

5. What type of names go through an adaptive period to reach worldwide markets?
(a) Commercial
(b) Financial
(c) Publishing
(d) Political

Short Answer Questions

1. What has prompted the English-only movement in the U.S.?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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