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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. What is common to most English speakers?
(a) Slurring
(b) Talking too fast
(c) Stuttering
(d) Dropping end letters
2. What is often cited as an equalizing force in English?
(a) The lack of grammatical gender
(b) Latin derivatives
(c) Sentence structure
(d) Tenses
3. In whose work can inconsistent spelling be found due to the event of #67?
(a) Chaucer
(b) Dante
(c) Faulkner
(d) Shakespeare
4. In addition to linguistic differences in languages, there are also ________________________.
(a) learning disabilities
(b) cultural differences
(c) intuitive abilities
(d) sign language supplements
5. What is the study of the English language considered to be?
(a) A necessary evil
(b) A large industry in the world
(c) A waste of time
(d) A requirment in all schools
Short Answer Questions
1. What about the English language gives users greater range of expression?
2. What is DARE?
3. What is the difference between Cro-Magnon man and Neanderthal man?
4. According to the author, varieties of English are heavily influenced by what?
5. Regional trends have common accent features but no speakers who _________________________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What event prompted the usage of standardized spelling in England?
2. What does the author say is the reason some English words are created?
3. What is the frustration of attempting to organize information about English in North America?
4. What is Noam Chomsky's position on how children learn language?
5. Finally, what is the fourth method of explaining where words come from?
6. How does the author account for the changing pronunciation of English over time?
7. What is another method of explaining where words come from?
8. Explain what the author means by the creation of language areas.
9. What is the result of attempting to draw demarcations of accents throughout the U.S.?
10. What are the merits of using the English language?
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