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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author what is the most striking example of a word with multiple meanings?
(a) Fine
(b) Dance
(c) Snap
(d) Track

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

3. In what time period does the event from #67 occur?
(a) 1930s
(b) 1960s
(c) 1800s
(d) 1500s

4. Chapter 6 addresses the changing pronunciation of which language over time?
(a) Celtic
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Italian

5. The author discusses the elements that English lacks but that ______________________________.
(a) Could stand improvement
(b) Make it a superior language regardless
(c) Other languages have
(d) Really don't make a difference

Short Answer Questions

1. The English language has _____________________________.

2. Which group surprisingly makes grammar and word mistakes?

3. What type of languages are Chinese and Japanese

4. Because of the event of #67, the works of which two authors are especially difficult to understand?

5. In what American city do people speak with slurred words that make them almost impossible to understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the impact that slurring of speech has on English pronunciation?

2. How can spelling in English be perceived as both simple and difficult?

3. How did the English language evolve in the British Isles or what is now known as the United Kingdom?

4. Explain the impact of the Viking invasion of England?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of pictographic languages?

6. What drawbacks are there in using the English language?

7. Explain what the author means by the creation of language areas.

8. What is the proof of the power of the English language in the modern world?

9. How does the author account for the changing pronunciation of English over time?

10. What are the merits of using the English language?

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