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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. From whom did North American settlers borrow words?
(a) Native Americans, Creole and Celtic
(b) Native Americans, Spanish and French
(c) Native Americans, Spanish and Celtic
(d) Creole, Spanish and French

2. What is the dictionary that follows Webster's forty years later?
(a) Mensa English Dictionary
(b) Oxford English Dictionary
(c) Franklin's English Dictionary
(d) Harvard English Dictionary

3. What type of names go through an adaptive period to reach worldwide markets?
(a) Financial
(b) Political
(c) Commercial
(d) Publishing

4. What does the author consider to be unreliable in monitoring English word usage?
(a) Thesauri
(b) Foreign language textbooks
(c) Dictionaries
(d) Spelling books

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 13 addresses what traditions in the English-speaking world?

2. In what countries is English studied?

3. Who invented the crossword puzzle?

4. Chapter 15 addresses the history of what?

5. What shows up in versions of early dictionaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does the author attribute the misuse of English grammar?

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

3. What is the origin of the crossword puzzle?

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

5. What considerations must businesses take into account when naming companies to go to market internationally?

6. How is the pronunciation of place names indicative of how English speakers have changed over time?

7. What is the author's final position on the future of the English language?

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

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

10. Describe the evolution of swear words.

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