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

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

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

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

5. Like other words, swear words ____________________________.
(a) are not appropriate for all ages
(b) are not appropriate for all regions
(c) have adapted over time
(d) have different meanings to different people

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What shows up in versions of early dictionaries?

3. A trend seen on both sides of the Atlantic is that of _________________________.

4. Historians show real _______________ by piecing together a record of the human community without definitive proof.

5. Which of the following languages has not been proposed as an international language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's opinion on who actually controls the English language?

2. In addition to English, what other languages have been proposed as international languages?

3. What impact has American English had on the British vocabulary?

4. What has been the naming process for places in England and America?

5. What is the challenge of determining the actual number of words in the English language?

6. What is the correlation between tracing swear words and tracing the history of language overall?

7. What is the basis for the argument of making English an international language?

8. Name some less common word games.

9. How does the author explain the development of British and American surnames?

10. Explain the role of immigrants to North America on the evolution of the English language.

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