279. Which alphabets were used in Old English?

A) The Germanic and the Latin

B) The Runic and the Latin

C) The Greek and The Norman

D) The Norman and the Anglo-Saxon

E) The Latin and the Greek

280. Which division of the English language did Henry Sweet propose?

A) Norman English, Anglo-Saxon English, Scandinavian English

B) Old English, Modern English

C) Proto-English, Old English, Middle English, Modern English

D) Early English, Late English, Modern English

E) Old English, Middle English, Modern English

281. When did Shakespeare die?

A) 1563

B) 1562

C) 1564

D) 1568

E) 1569

282. When did Chaucer start writing the “Canterbury Tales”?

A) 1387

B) 1389

C) 1390

D) 1391

E) 1388

283. What was the time of 1400?

A) The first book was published

B) Shakespeare dies

C) The first newspaper was published

D) The Great Value Shift

E) The first dictionary was published

284. Where was the first newspaper published?

A) Budapest

B) New York

C) Paris

D) London

E) Rome

285. Which two alphabets were used in Old English?

A) The Runic and Latin

B) The Latin and English

C) The Runic and Anglo-French

D) The Anglo-French and English

E) The English and Runic

286. By what year had the Old English been speaking?

A) 9^th century

B) Around 1500 AD

C) Until around 1100 AD

D) 11^th century

E) 8^th century

287. How is the first period in the history of language named?

A) The period of leveled endings

B) The period lost endings

C) The period of conquest

D) The period of full endings

E) The period of the great innovation

288. Another name of Early Modern English is:

1. Canadian English

2. Elizabethan English

3. Charles English

4. Philippine English

5. Singaporean English

289. Author of the first dictionary, published in 1828 in America is:

1. James Bible

2. Noah Webster

3. Samuel Johnson

4. William Shakespeare

5. Johann Gutenberg

300. The spread of public libraries was in the

1. 16 century

2. 19 century

3. 17 century

4. 18 century

5. 20 century

301. The most spoken language in the world after Chinese language is:

1. Swedish

2. English

3. German

4. Dutch

5. Turkish

302. A big development in the world at the beginning of Modern English is:

1. the Civil War

2. Radio broadcasting

3. Development of software

4. the Renaissance

5. International diplomacy

303. The main difference between Early modern English and Late Modern English is:

1. pronunciation

2. grammar

3. vocabulary

4. spelling

5. writing

304. Which event did increase literacy in the Modern English period?

1. the Industrial Revolution

2. the Renaissance

3. public education

4. the British Colonialism

5. the Civil War

305. When was the first English dictionary published?

1. 1604

2. 1755

3. 1695

4. 1724

5. 1800

306. Even with all the borrowings from many other languages the heart of the English language is ….

1. Anglo- Frisian of Middle English

2. New Zealand English of Late Modern English

3. Canadian of Modern English

4. American English

5. Anglo- Saxon of Old English

307. The common language for use in such diverse applications as controlling airplanes, developing software, conducting international diplomacy, and business relations is: