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

2. English grammar rules are based on what?
(a) Old English
(b) Latin
(c) Oxford University guidelines
(d) Celtic

3. The works of which author show the development of religious curses and expletives?
(a) Hemingway
(b) Shakespeare
(c) T.S. Eliot
(d) Dante

4. What is another characteristic of spoken swear words?
(a) They are humorous
(b) They are difficult to trace
(c) They are insulting
(d) They are inflammatory

5. How do some linguists think that children learn their languages?
(a) Natural tendencies
(b) By osmosis
(c) By imitating their parents
(d) By their heritage

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which words are appropriate for the common people to use?

3. What is DARE?

4. Language issues tend to be __________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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