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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. What is an important benefit of the Asian pictograph languages?

2. The English writing system developed from what?

3. What type of languages are Chinese and Japanese

4. In whose work can inconsistent spelling be found due to the event of #67?

5. Who is Noam Chomsky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the frustration of attempting to organize information about English in North America?

3. What two religious scholars are responsible for documenting language in England?

4. How was the Cro-Magnon man able to supersede the Neanderthal man in human development?

5. Finally, what is the fourth method of explaining where words come from?

6. What was the Great Vowel Shift?

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

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

9. What is so interesting about the way human speech has spread around the world?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of censorship in America today. What are U.S. citizens' rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Essay Topic 2

In many cases, languages go beyond national borders. Explain some of the situations where languages overlap geographically and can cause social and political divisions.

Essay Topic 3

Regions of America become well known for their speech and language quirks. For example, the people in Baltimore, Maryland, are famous for slurring their speech. Name at least three other examples of geographically distinct language stylings.

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