2. How do the British typically view American pronunciation and vocabulary?
(a) They look down on them
(b) They are open to anything American
(c) They try to emulate them
(d) They want to destroy them

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

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

5. In addition to organization, what other issues arise when publishing a dictionary?
(a) Financial
(b) Social
(c) Psychological
(d) Political

6. American surnames can be traced to ____________________ names.
(a) city
(b) ancestral
(c) immigrant
(d) British

7. English is changed through _____________________.
(a) global technology
(b) university committees
(c) academic experts
(d) social channels

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

9. Translations between English and ______________ are particularly difficult.
(a) Italian
(b) Chinese
(c) German
(d) Japanese

10. What did North American immigrants do with their native languages?
(a) They modified them radically
(b) They modified them somewhat
(c) They held to them steadfastly
(d) They abandoned them

11. In addition to people names, what else has had a similar naming process in both England and America?
(a) Place names
(b) Animal names
(c) Street names
(d) Insect names

12. What language is used to communicate across borders?
(a) French
(b) Japanese
(c) English
(d) Italian

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

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

15. Many modern swear words come from _________________________.
(a) uneducated people
(b) misunderstandings
(c) polite speech
(d) anger