Question 1

Printing was introduced into England in 1476 by &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)william bailey&#10;B)coverdale&#10;C)william caxton&#10;D)william jones

Accepted Answer

William Caxton is credited with introducing the printing press to England in 1476, significantly impacting the spread of literature and learning.

Question 2

Which dialect was used by William Caxton for printing ?&#10;A)west midland&#10;B)east midland&#10;C)kentish&#10;D)central midland

Accepted Answer

William Caxton used the East Midland dialect for printing, which was spoken in London and its surroundings. This dialect eventually became the basis for modern Standard English.

Question 3

The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during the transition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)great vowel shift&#10;B)consonant shift&#10;C)addition&#10;D)mutation

Accepted Answer

The Great Vowel Shift was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that occurred between the 15th and the 18th centuries, affecting the long vowels of Middle English and leading to many of the pronunciation patterns of Modern English.

Question 4

The Old English Period has been called the period of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)leveled inflections&#10;B)lost inflection&#10;C)less inflection&#10;D)full inflection

Accepted Answer

The Old English Period is known for its complex system of inflections, where nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs were inflected or modified to express grammatical relationships such as case, gender, number, tense, mood, etc. This period had a richer and more elaborate system of inflection compared to Modern English, hence it is referred to as the period of full inflection.

Question 5

The Middle English Period has been called the period of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)leveled inflections&#10;B)lost inflection&#10;C)less inflection&#10;D)full inflection

Accepted Answer

The Middle English Period is known for leveled inflections, where the complex system of Old English inflections was simplified, leading to more uniform endings.

Question 6

The New English Period has been known as&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)leveled inflections&#10;B)lost inflection&#10;C)less inflection&#10;D)full inflection

Accepted Answer

The New English Period is characterized by the loss of inflections, leading to a more simplified grammatical structure compared to Old English.

Question 7

&#34; How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English&#34; Whose words are these?&#10;A)tennyson&#10;B)dryden&#10;C)johnson&#10;D)wordsworth

Accepted Answer

These words are attributed to John Dryden, a prominent English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

Question 8

in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up in the word&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)standardization&#10;B)addition&#10;C)ascertainment&#10;D)regularization

Accepted Answer

The term "ascertainment" was used in the 18th century to describe the need for standardization and regulation of English, reflecting the desire to ascertain or determine the correct usage of the language.

Question 9

Who defined ascertainment as a &#34;settled rule, an established standard.&#34;&#10;A)dryden&#10;B)tennyson&#10;C)swift&#10;D)dr. johnson

Accepted Answer

Dr. Johnson defined ascertainment as a "settled rule, an established standard."

Question 10

&#34; A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue&#34; is the title of the letter by &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)swift&#10;B)dryden&#10;C)tennyson&#10;D)dr. johnson

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Swift wrote "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue" in 1712, addressing it to the Earl of Oxford to propose improvements for the English language.

Question 11

Dr. Jonhson's &#34; A Dictionary of the English Language&#34; was published in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)1765&#10;B)1766&#10;C)1755&#10;D)1789

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dr. Jonhson's &#34; A Dictionary of the...

Question 12

Who is the author of &#34; A Dictionary of the English Language?&#10;A)jonson&#10;B)dr. johnson&#10;C)swift&#10;D)king james

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The answer of Who is the author of &#34; A...

Question 13

Who is the author of the book &#34;Practical Grammar of the English Tongue&#34;&#10;A)william jones&#10;B)werner&#10;C)dr. johnson&#10;D)william loughton

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The answer of Who is the author of the book...

Question 14

&#34;The Rudiment of English Grammar&#34; was written by&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)joseph priestley&#10;B)william loughton&#10;C)werner&#10;D)dr. johnson

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The answer of &#34;The Rudiment of English Grammar&#34; was written...

Question 15

Who is the author of &#34; The British Grammar&#34;?&#10;A)robert lowth&#10;B)james buchanan&#10;C)loughton&#10;D)swift

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The answer of Who is the author of &#34; The...

Question 16

Who of the following announced that many languages came from one old base language?&#10;A)sir william jones&#10;B)sassetti&#10;C)jacob grimm&#10;D)joseph greenberg

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The answer of Who of the following announced that many...

Question 17

What was the second earliest form of language seen on earth?&#10;A)cave drawings&#10;B)cuneiform&#10;C)english&#10;D)indo- european

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The answer of What was the second earliest form of...

Question 18

Which f the following words might be of Vicking Descent?&#10;A)skate&#10;B)crabby&#10;C)rate&#10;D)a and b

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The answer of Which f the following words might be...

Question 19

Around how many words did Shakespeare invent?&#10;A)20.000&#10;B)9, 000&#10;C)10,000&#10;D)8000

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The answer of Around how many words did Shakespeare invent?&#10;A)20.000&#10;B)9,...

Question 20

During the Middle English period, many words were borrowed from which two languages?&#10;A)celtic and old norse&#10;B)latin and french&#10;C)urdu and iroquoian&#10;D)spanish and latin

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The answer of During the Middle English period, many words...

Question 21

Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English Usage and &#34;ascertain&#34; the language?&#10;A)jonathan swift&#10;B)samuel johnson&#10;C)dryden&#10;D)oliver goldsmith

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The answer of Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation...

Question 22

The Philological society'sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928?&#10;A)roget's thesaurus&#10;B)the king's english&#10;C)oxford english dictionary&#10;D)webster's dictionary

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The answer of The Philological society'sNew English Dictionary on Historical...

Question 23

&#34;The Ecclesiastical History of the English People&#34;, a key source f information about Anglo Saxon settlement is the work of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)william jones&#10;B)venerable bede&#10;C)king james i&#10;D)william langland

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The answer of &#34;The Ecclesiastical History of the English People&#34;,...

Question 24

Who is the author of The First English Dictionary?&#10;A)dr. johnson&#10;B)robert cawdrey&#10;C)john wilkins&#10;D)thomas sheridon

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The answer of Who is the author of The First...

Question 25

The First English Dictionary &#34; Table Alphabeticall&#34; was published in&#8230;..&#10;A)1608&#10;B)1700&#10;C)1678&#10;D)1604

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The answer of The First English Dictionary &#34; Table Alphabeticall&#34;...

Deck 2: English Language and Its History: From Printing to the First Dictionary