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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 element guides generational language?

2. What is one of the most interesting words created in North America?

3. How do Americans view British pronunciation and vocabulary?

4. Which country is used as an example of the difficulties of international communication?

5. In addition to people names, what else has had a similar naming process in both England and America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the almost futile attempts to produce current English language dictionaries.

3. What happens to the use of swear words as society becomes more cognizant of propriety?

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

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

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

7. What English language issue does the author consider to be ironic?

8. What is the source of many swear words throughout history?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The regional differences and flux of the English language provided opportunities as well as challenges for English writers like Chaucer and Shakespeare. Explain why writers such as these could invent new words and essentially create a new English language.

Essay Topic 2

Explain at least three of the ways that new words are created in the English language. Be sure to take into account historic creations as well as modern methods.

Essay Topic 3

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

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