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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Other than America and England, what country speaks English primarily?
(a) Wales
(b) Finland
(c) Ireland
(d) Australia

3. Why are the speakers in #140 becoming a minority?
(a) Because of the financial investment necessary to study
(b) Because of the interest in studying English around the world
(c) Because of the difficulty in learning the language
(d) Because of the limited applications for the language

4. What are the risks of being unaware of international translations of company names and messages?
(a) Being perceived as too expensive
(b) Targeting the wrong prospects
(c) Being misunderstood
(d) Being negative or offensive

5. Words that enter American and British vocabularies generally come from what country?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) America
(d) Italy

6. What has been added to the British vocabulary in spite of academic protests?
(a) Colloquialisms
(b) Slang terms
(c) Abbreviations
(d) American words

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

8. What is one of the organizations that has failed as a grammar regulatory force?
(a) Oxford University
(b) Harvard University
(c) Academie Francaise
(d) United Nations

9. A trend seen on both sides of the Atlantic is that of _________________________.
(a) punishing for swear words said in public
(b) restricting swear words in public
(c) whispering swear words in public
(d) fining for swear words written in public

10. What does the author note about spoken swear words throughout English literature?
(a) They are largely unrecorded
(b) They are too vulgar to write down
(c) They have regional variations
(d) They are derived from proper English

11. What is the second word game described by the author in Chapter 15?
(a) Yahtzee
(b) Scrabble
(c) Monopoly
(d) Sudoku

12. In what countries is English studied?
(a) North America
(b) Asia
(c) Countries all over the world
(d) Europe

13. Censoring words is more prevalent in which country?
(a) Ireland
(b) United States
(c) Germany
(d) England

14. How many words does the dictionary mentioned in #117 contain?
(a) 700,000
(b) 800,000
(c) 600,000
(d) 750,000

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the longest-standing example of an English dictionary?

2. Which speakers are becoming a minority of single-language users around the world?

3. British pronunciation and vocabulary is generally viewed to have high ________________ in North America.

4. What word game does the author note first in Chapter 15?

5. The author feels that the English-only movement is more about ______________________ than preservation and advancement.

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