1. Germanic

2. Latin and Germanic

3. Greek and Latin

4. Celtic and Germanic

5. British and Scottish

202. By whom was “The Pilgrim’s Progress” created?

1. Samuel Johnson

2. Christopher Cooper

3. John Bunyan

4. William Baker

5. John Wallis

203. When did the Early Modern English period end?

1. 1500

2. 1900

3. 1700

4. 1800

5. 1600

204. Who was the author of “Logonomia Anglica”?

1. Alexander Gill

2. Samuel Johnson

3. Christopher Cooper

4. William Baker

5. Charles Butler

205. When was the first English Grammar of Charles Butler published?

1. 1700

2. 1775

3. 1634

4. 1755

5. 1650

206. Which dialect did Osbern Bokenam use in his poems?

1. Essex

2. Midland

3. South-Western

4. Suffolk

5. London

207. When did the Late Modern English period start?

1. 2000

2. 1900

3. 1600

4. 1700

5. 1800

208. In what year did Samuel Johnson publish the first significant English dictionary?

A) 1780

B) 1700

C) 1605

D) 1604

E) 1755

209. By whom was Printing invented in 1438?

A) By John Shillingford

B) By Thomas Occleve

C) By John Lydgate

D) By Johann Gutenberg

E) By Margaret Paston

210. When were England and Scotland united?

A) 1404

B) 1703

C) 1503

D) 1603

E) 1500

211. The National Welsh Eisteddfod is:

A) Military tattoo

B) A singers’ competition

C) The Cannongate

D) Holyrood Gate

E) Edinburgh Castle

212. Who did write “Rules for True Spelling and Writing English” in 1724?

A) Samuel Perys

B) John Wallis

C) Christopher Cooper

D) William Baker

E) Joseph Addison

213. Who did publish the first English printed book “The Recuyeil of the Histories of Troy”?

A) Philip Massinger

B) Henry Tudor

C) John Capgrave

D) Edmund Spenser

E) William Caxton

214. Who are the publishers of the magazine “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714)?

A) John Dryden and Richard Bentley

B) Charles Butler and Alexander Pope

C) Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

D) John Evelyn and Thomas Sprat

E) John Fletcher and Frances Beaumont

215. In what year was the “Gaelic League” founded, which set as its aim reviving the Irish language by way of lectures, classes, etc.?

A) 1893

B) 1890

C) 1900

D) 1895

E) 1899

216. What did William Caxton found in London in 1476, returning to England?

A) Published the magazine “The Governor”

B) Grammatica Anglicana

C) Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae

D) Published the magazine “The Spectator”

E) The founded the first English printing office

217. By whom were the Puritans being persecuted?

A) Argyllshire church

B) Lothian church

C) Anglican church

D) Firth – of – forth church

E) Edinburgh church

218. Who did establish the first English printing press?

A) Chaucer

B) William Caxton

C) William Shakespeare

D) Germanic

E) Lomonosov

219. When were “The Canterbury Tales ” written?

A) 1488

B) 1388

C) 1588

D) 1688

E) 1788

220. Where was the first daily English language newspaper published?

A) Australia

B) Turkey

C) London

D) India

E) Africa

221. The period of lost endings is:

A) Middle English

B) Modern English

C) Old English

D) Anglo-Saxon period

E) Celtic period

222. How many main dialects were in Old English?

A) 5

B) 4

C) 3

D) 6

E) 7

223. When did the settlement of Britain by Germanic invaders begin?

A) 647

B) 547

C) 447

D) 747

E) 847

224. The period of Old English was in:

A) 1100-1200AD

B) 1100-1500AD

C) 1500 to the present

D) 450-1100AD

E) 450-1200AD

225. Roman invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar was in

A) 56 BC

B) 66 BC

C) 75 AD

D) 85 BC

E) 55 BC

226. The author of The Canterbury Tales, which were written in 1388

A) Chaucer

B) Maugham

C) Smith

D) Shakespeare

E) Brown

227. The name of the first English daily newspaper

A) The Time

B) The daily current

C) The News

D) The daily news

E) The best newspaper

228. By whom was the first English printing press established?

A) P.Durkin

B) A. Chaucer

C) W. Caxton

D) C.Farrell

E) A. Collin

229. The dialect that became the first * standardized* written English is:

A) Mercian

B) Kentish

C) Anglian

D) West Saxon

E) Northumbrian

230. The dialect which was spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia is:

A) Mexican

B) Anglian

C) Kentish

D) Merican

E) Mercian

231. Well-known poem which was recorded in Late West Saxon language is:

A) Karla

B) Mary

C) Anna

D) Judith

E) Latina

232. When did Shakespeare die?

1. 1564

2. 1565

3. 1465

4. 1746

5. 1556

233. Who did establish the first English printing press in 1476?

1. Henry Sweet

2. William Saxton

3. Samuel Johnson

4. Geoffrey Chaucer

5. King Alfred

234. Which two alphabets were in Old English used?

1. English and Latin

2. Greek and Arabian

3. Runic and Latin

4. German and Latin

5. English and German

235. After the Anglo-Saxons came into contact with Roman culture by what language was the Runic alphabet replaced?

1. Arabian

2. Turkish

3. Latin

4. Russian

5. German

236. Where primarily was West Saxon dialect spoken?

1. England

2. Wessex

3. Germany

4. Greece

5. Norman

237. Who of these kings did speak Early West Saxon dialect?

1. King Arthur

2. King William

3. King Alfred

4. King Carl

5. King Henry

238. When did “Winchester standard” gradually fall out of use after the Norman Conquest?

1. 1067

2. 1046

3. 1066

4. 1076

5. 1056

239. An Old English dialect spoken in the area Known as Kent and Surrey is:

A) Mercian

B) West-Saxon

C) Kentish

D) Northumbrian

E) Saxon

240. An Old English dialect spoken chiefly in the kingdom of Mercia is:

A) West-Saxon

B) Kentish

C) Mercian

D) Northumbrian

E) Saxon

241. Which alphabets were used in Old English?

A) Roman and Greek

B) Celtic and Saxon

C) Greek and Latin

D) Runic and Latin

E) Latin and Anglian

242. A religious poem engraved on a tall stone cross near the village of Ruthwell is:

A) Ruthwell Myth

B) Ruthwell Story

C) Ruthwell Cross

D) Ruthwell Village

E) Ruthwell Poem

243. A Runic document, made at whalebone and found in France is:

A) The Canterbury Tales

B) Beowulf

C) Runic Casket

D) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

E) Genesis

244. A change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel is:

A) Mutation

B) Palatalization

C) Distinction

D) Equalization

E) Indication

245. The author of “Beowulf” is:

A) Caxton

B) Unknown

C) Cunewulf

D) Gregory

E) Caedmon

246. When did Roman invasion of Britain begin?

1. In 1150 AD

2. In 34 AD

3. In 89 BC

4. In 43 BC

5. In 1362 AD

247. Who was Henry Sweet?

1. Peasant

2. Poet

3. Writer

4. Invader

5. Scholar

248. What are the three main dialects of Old English?

1. Ostpommersch and Niederpreussisch

2. Newzelandian and Avstralian

3. Mercian, Northumbrian and West Saxon

4. American and Italian

5. Mittelhessisch and Osthessisch

249. What was the territory of distribution of Northumbrian dialect?

1. South of the Thames

2. East England

3. Humber

4. Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia

5. West Britain

250. What was the second name of West Saxon dialect?

1. Bede's Death Song

2. Mercian dialect

3. Celtic language

4. Caedmon's Hymn

5. The language of King Alfred

251. Which two alphabets were used in writings in Old English?