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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author, what is easy or difficult depending on the point of view?
2. What does the English language's large vocabulary mean to users?
3. Because of the event of #67, the works of which two authors are especially difficult to understand?
4. What is DARE?
5. Who establishes a large presence in Northern England in the year 850?
Short Essay Questions
1. What measures can people take when exact pronunciations are critical?
2. What is the frustration of attempting to organize information about English in North America?
3. What event prompted the usage of standardized spelling in England?
4. How does the English language compare with the development and growth of other global languages?
5. What seems to be a long-term benefit of a phonetic system as opposed to a pictograph system?
6. Finally, what is the fourth method of explaining where words come from?
7. What was the Great Vowel Shift?
8. How did the English language evolve in the British Isles or what is now known as the United Kingdom?
9. What drawbacks are there in using the English language?
10. What is Noam Chomsky's position on how children learn language?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the benefits that the English language offers its users? Take into account its significantly larger vocabulary and grammar complexities.
Essay Topic 2
Who was Venerable Bede? What notable book did he write? What is the impact of his work on the English language?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the debate on the challenges of learning the English language. Take into account spelling, pronunciation, grammar rules, etc.
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