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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. English cannot be confined to arbitrary rules or ____________________.
(a) regionalism
(b) experts
(c) colloquialisms
(d) authority

2. English in the United Kingdom is more _____________ than it is in the United States.
(a) proper
(b) varied
(c) regulated
(d) stilted

3. British surnames are the product of confusing pronunciations and ____________________.
(a) spellings
(b) colloquialisms
(c) word combinations
(d) accents

4. What is onomatopoeia?
(a) A word which represents the sound of something
(b) The predecessor of Cro-Magnon man
(c) A culinary trend
(d) A new insect genus

5. From what industries do new words in American and Britain come?
(a) Entertainment and technology
(b) Sociology and technology
(c) Entertainment and academia
(d) Entertainment and finance

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the shift mentioned in #150?

2. The author tends to think that English is special because of ___________________________.

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

4. Censoring words is more prevalent in which country?

5. An American car license plate can be an example of what?

(see the answer key)

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