OLD ENGLISH
1. What time period does Old English cover?
a) 500 AD to 1150 AD
b) 1000 BC to 500 AD
c) 400 AD to 800 AD
d) 1150 AD to 1500 AD
a) 500 AD to 1150 AD
1. What time period does Middle English cover?
a) 1100 AD to 1500 AD
b) 800 AD to 1100 AD
c) 1500 AD to 1700 AD
d) 500 AD to 800 AD
a) 1100 AD to 1500 AD
1. Which of these is a distinctive feature of Middle English spelling?
a) Greater consistency and standardization of spelling
b) Frequent use of silent letters like "gh"
c) The use of the letter "v" instead of "u"
d) All of the above
b) Frequent use of silent letters like "gh"
1. What is considered the starting period of Modern English?
a) 1200
b) 1500
c) 1700
d) 1800
b) 1500
1. Which period of English does Elizabethan English belong to?
a) Old English
b) Middle English
c) Early Modern English
d) Modern English
c) Early Modern English
2. Which of the following is a key characteristic of Old English compared to Modern English?
a) Old English had no cases for nouns.
b) Old English had a significantly different word order.
c) Old English used a Latin-based alphabet.
d) Old English had no pronouns.
b) Old English had a significantly different word order.
2. Which event is considered a major factor in the transition from Old English to Middle English?
a) The Norman Conquest of England in 1066
b) The signing of the Magna Carta in 1215
c) The Black Death in 1347
d) The Battle of Hastings in 1066
a) The Norman Conquest of England in 1066
2.What is the main linguistic legacy of the Middle English period that has influenced Modern English?
a) The reduction of grammatical gender
b) The introduction of the "th" sound in words like "this"
c) The large number of French loanwords in English
d) The use of Latin for formal documents
c) The large number of French loanwords in English
2. Who is regarded as a key figure in the development of Modern English?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) William Shakespeare
c) Alfred the Great
d) John Milton
b) William Shakespeare
2. Which famous English playwright wrote primarily in Elizabethan English?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) John Milton
c) Ben Jonson
d) William Shakespeare
d) William Shakespeare
3. Which of these languages influenced Old English the most?
a) Old Norse
b) Latin
c) Celtic
d) French
a) Old Norse
3. Which of the following languages heavily influenced the development of Middle English?
a) Latin
b) Old Norse
c) Norman French
d) Celtic
c) Norman French
3. Which of these Middle English writers is famous for writing "The Canterbury Tales"?
a) Geoffrey Chaucer
b) John Gower
c) William Langland
d) Sir Thomas Malory
b) The Canterbury Tales
3. Which event played a significant role in standardizing Modern English spelling?
a) The publication of the King James Bible
b) The introduction of the typewriter
c) The Industrial Revolution
d) The Norman Conquest
a) The publication of the King James Bible
3. Which famous historical event helped shape the language of the Elizabethan era?
a) The English Civil War
b) The reign of Henry VIII
c) The development of the printing press
d) The Norman Conquest
c) The development of the printing press
4. Which famous work was written in Old English?
a) The Canterbury Tales
b) Beowulf
c) The Divine Comedy
d) The Aeneid
b) Beowulf
4.Which work is one of the most famous examples of Middle English literature?
a) Beowulf
b) The Canterbury Tales
c) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
d) The Book of the Duchess
b) The Canterbury Tales
4. What was the primary reason for the increase in French vocabulary during the Middle English period?
a) The spread of Christianity
b) The Norman Conquest and the rule of the French-speaking Normans
c) The influence of the Vikings
d) The translation of the Bible into English
b) The Norman Conquest and the rule of the French-speaking Normans
4. Which word is an example of a borrowing in Modern English from French?
a) Sky
b) Bread
c) Sheep
d) Justice
d) Justice
4. What is another term commonly used for the Old English language?
a) Early Modern English
b) Middle English
c) Anglo-Saxon
d) Proto-English
c) Anglo-Saxon
5. Which tribes began raiding the coastal areas of Britain aroun 450?
a) The Anglo- Saxons
b) The Romans
c) The Celtic
a) The Anglo-Saxons
5. The Middle English language underwent a major phonological change. Which of the following describes this shift?
a) The Great Vowel Shift
b) The Loss of the "th" sound
c) The rise of compound words
d) The simplification of verb tenses
a) The Great Vowel Shift
5. Which English dialect became dominant in the late Middle English period, especially after the 14th century?
a) West Saxon
b) Northern
c) London/Chaucerian
d) Kentish
c) London/Chaucerian
5. What is considered the starting period of Modern English?
a) 1500
b) 1200
c) 1700
d) 1800
a) 1500
5. What was the main influence on Old English vocabulary during the Anglo-Saxon period?
a) Celtic
b) Latin
c) French
d) Norse
b) Latin