1. Publication of the first English dictionary

2. The Industrial Revolution

3. Introduction of Christianity

4. Writing of “The Canterbury Tales”

5. The Great Vowel Shift

142. What are the years of Early Modern English?

1. 1500-1800

2. 1100-1500

3. 1100-1300

4. 1342-1400

5. 1800-Present

143. When was the first English dictionary published?

1. In 1450

2. In 1345

3. In 600

4. In 1604

5. In 1670

144. In what period of history of the English language was printing invented?

1. In Middle English

2. In Early Modern English

3. In Late Modern English

4. In Old English

5. In Proto-English

145. Due to what did books become cheaper and people learnt to read?

1. Due to printing

2. Due to the Great Vowel Shift

3. Due to the Industrial Revolution

4. Due to the Renaissance

5. Due to the English colonization of North America

146. By the time of which famous writer the English language had become clearly recognizable as Modern English?

1. Herbert George

2. Aldington Richard

3. John Kits

4. Geoffrey Chaucer

5. William Shakespeare

147. What are the years of Late Modern English?

1. 1101-1500

2. 1800-Present

3. 1400-1700

4. 1301-1754

5. 1630-1800

148. To what years does Early Modern English belong?

A) 1500-1800

B) 1800-present

C) 1100-1800

D) 1500-1600

E) 1600-1700

149. In what year was the 1^st English dictionary published?

A) 1600

B) 1504

C) 1704

D) 1604

E) 1606

150. To what period does Late Modern English belong?

A) 1500-1900

B) 1800-present

C) 1800-1900

D) 1900-present

E) 1500-present

151. What is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English?

A) Spelling

B) Grammar

C) Vocabulary

D) Letters

E) Pronounciation

152. Who did publish the 1^st significant English dictionary in 1755?

A) Richard Steele

B) Joseph Addison

C) John Bunyan

D) William Shakespeare

E) Samuel Johnson

153. What was the most significant event of Modern English period in 1455-1485?

A) The English army was routed

B) England and Scotland were united

C) The War of the Roses

D) Scotland’s independence

E) Colonizing

154. Where was printing invented by Johann Gutenberg?

A) In Mayence

B) Edinburgh

C) Strasburg

D) Netherland

E) Agryllshire

155. In what year was there a first attempt at founding an English colony in America?

A) 1674

B) 1684

C) 1594

D) 1584

E) 1774

156. What church was persecuting the Puritans in 17^th century?

A) Bannockburn

B) Anglican

C) Lothian

D) Edinburgh

E) Firth-of-Clyde

157. When was the Welsh University founded?

A) 1900

B) 1961

C) 1880

D) 1893

E) 1870

158. In what centuries did renaissance of classical learning take place?

A) 15^th century

B) 16^th century

C) 17^th century

D) 18^th century

E) 19th century

159. What is the main difference between Early Modern and Late Modern English Period?

A) Standartization of dialects

B) Grammatics

C) Spelling

D) Adaptation of foreign words

E) Vocabulary

160. I n the early 17^th century the English language penetrated into

A) France

B) Spain

C) Australia

D) America

E) Sweden

161. In what year did the famous ship The Mayflower reach The North America?

A) 1620

B) 1610

C) 1640

D) 1630

E) 1650

162. Which event of the 15^th century did help the normalization of spelling?

A) The Great Vowel Shift

B) Introduction of printing

C) Wars of Roses

D) Entering the New World

E) Publishing of the first dictionary

163. Until what century the English Language was only spoken in The British Isles?

A) 14^th century

B) 16^th century

C) 17^th century

D) 15^th century

E) 18^th century

164. Who did express the idea of a strict norm in language?

A) Christopher Cooper

B) William Shakespeare

C) Samuel Johnson

D) Alexander Gill

E) Edmund Spenser

165. In what place in the late 19^th century did the tendency arise to revive the local Celtic language, Welsh, and Celtic culture?

A) Ireland

B) Cornwell

C) England

D) Scotland

E) Wales

166. The language of the commonwealth belongs to the:

A) Late Modern Period

B) Early Modern Period

C) Old English Period

D) Middle English Period

E) Proto English Period

167. In what year did Samuel Johnson publish his dictionary?

A) 1755

B) 1753

C) 1756

D) 1751

E) 1757

168) When did Modern English develop?

A) 1500 B) 1576 C) 1555 D) 1476 E) 1466

169. Where did Johann Gutenberg invent the printing press around 1450?

A) in Germany B) in England C) in France D) in Greece E) in Denmark

170. To what does standardization of printing refer?

A) to Latin B) to German C) to English

D) to Arabian E) to Greek

171. How many big developments were there in the world at the beginning of Modern English period?

A) five

B) three C) two D) four E) six

172. What words were there during the English Renaissance that most entered English?

A) Greek and Latin

B) German and Danish

C) Arabian and Turkish

D) Latin and German

E) Asian and Indian

173. In what centuries was the English Renaissance?

A) later 15^th century to the early 16^th century B) early 16^th century to the early 18^th century C) early 17^th century to the early 18^th century D) early 16^th century to the early 17^th century E) later 17^th century to the later 18^th century

174. When did the Industrial Revolution begin?

A) 17^th century

B) 18^th century

C) 19^th century

D) 16^th century

E) 15^th century

175. Where were new technical words added as inventors designed various products and machinery?

A) Computer

B) Book

C) Vocabulary

D) Copy- book

E) In Russian language

176. How many years did Britain Empire exist?

A) 150

B) 100 C) 200 D) 300 E) 250

177. From where did the words “juggernaut” and “ turban” come?

A) Australia B) Arabia C) India D) Asia E) Africa

178. Into which two states did the English divide in the 18^th century?

A) India and Pakistan

B) America and China

C) Egypt and Russia

D) Turkmenistan and Iran

E) New Zealand and Australia

179. English is a state language in India today. Find languages which are state in India:

A) Indian and Persian

B) Turkish and Indian

C) Hindi and Urdi

D) Arabian and Greek

E) American and Chinees

180. When did the local Celtic language-Cornish die?

A) In the 16^th century

B) In the 15^th century

C) In the 17^th century

D) In the 18^th century

E) In the 14^th century

181. When did the English language penetrate into America?

A) In the 19^th century

B) In the late 15^th century

C) In the early 13^th century

D) In the early 18^th century

E) In the early 17^th century

182. When did the American English appear?

A) 1920

B) 1935

C) 1925

D) 1930

E) 1922

183. When did the English conquer Canada which before had been a French colony?

A) 1755-1560

B) 1756-1763

C) 1750-1766

D) 1754-1763

E) 1752-1761

184. In what century did social change create the conditions for a great cultural progress and the growth of a national literature?

A) In the 17^th century

B) In the 14^th century

C) In the 16^th century

D) In the 15^th century

E) In the 18^th century

185. Which literature work was published in 1678 which showed a strong influence of biblical tradition on the one hand, and of the popular language on other?

A) “The Arte of English Poesie” by Puttendham

B) “Bruce” by John Barbour

C) “The Faerie Queene” by Edmund Spenser

D) “The Pilgrim`s Progress” by John Bunyan

E) “The Governor” by Sir Thomas Eliot

186. What ideology did the literatury language of the 16^th centuries bear?

A) A Central American ideology

B) A Scotish ideology

C) A local Celtic ideology

D) A Germanic ideology

E) A strong impirint of purian ideology

187. In what century were Australia and many islands in Oceania colonised?

A) In the 15^th century

B) In the 16^th century

C) In the 13^th century

D) In the 17^th century

E) In the 19^th century

188. What was the most significant event of the Modern English period, which marked the decay of feudalism and the birth of a new social order?

A) Wars of the Roses

B) Revolution

C) Civil wars

D) Death of king

E) Political movement

189. What was the great event in Modern English?

A) The fist poem

B) The introduction of printing

C) The first note-book

D) The first magazine

E) The first lyric

190. Where was printing invented?

A) In Paris

B) In London

C) In Mayence (Germany)

D) In India

E) In Italy

191. By whom was printing invented?

A) Johnson Claim

B) William Caxton

C) William Shakespeare

D) Johann Gutenberg

E) Chaucer

192. When was printing invented?

A) In 1439

B) In 1437

C) In 1436

D) In 1435

E) In 1438

193. By whom was the first English book printed?

A) William Caxton

B) Johann Gutenberg

C) William Shakespeare

D) Geoffrey Chaucer

E) Johnson Claim

194. When did William Caxton found the first English printing office?

A) 1477

B) 1476

C) 1478

D) 1479

E) 1475

195. What process did characterise the 16^th century?

A) Wars of the Roses

B) The growth an absolute monarchy

C) The growth of a national literature

D) Civil wars

E) Political movement

196. What is the greatest writer and dramatist in the Modern English period?

A) John Bunyan

B) Geoffery Chaucer

C) Johnson Claim

D) William Shakespeare

E) John Barbour

197. Where was the English language spoken until the 17^th century?

A) The Germany

B) The London

C) The Mayence

D) The India

E) The British Isles

198. What dialect was the basis of Scots language?

1. The Scottish dialect

2. The Norman dialect

3. The Northern dialect

4. The East dialect

5. The Puritans dialect

199. Who was the author of the first English Dictionary?

1. Lord Chesterfield

2. Christopher Cooper

3. Samuel Johnson

4. John Wallis

5. William Baker

200. When was the first English Dictionary of Samuel Johnson published?

1. 1775

2. 1800

3. 1755

4. 1450

5. 1645

201. The elements of which language did include into The Scottish language?