1. Chinese

2. French

3. English

4. German

5. Norwegian

308. Which language of Middle English was a language of a formal life in England?

A) English

B) French

C) German

D) Latin

E) Spanish

309. Find the word borrowed from French…

A) Bag

B) Plate

C) Trouble

D) Floor

E) Sky

310. From what Old English dialect was Northern dialect developed?

A) West Saxon

B) Mercian

C) Kentish

D) Northumbrian

E) Celtic

311. Which group of Middle English dialects do indeed the Kentish and the South – Western dialects?

A) Germanic

B) Midland

C) Northern

D) Southern

E) French

312. How is Mercian dialect called now?

A) Southern

B) Northern

C) Cockney

D) Midland

E) Scottish

313. Find the word borrowed from French…

A) Rose

B) Goal

C) Earth

D) School

E) House

314. The alphabet of 19 century is basically the same in use in:

A) English Renaissance

B) Our days

C) Old English

D) Proto English

E) The days of Norman Conquest

315. Northumbrian dialect is now called:

A) Southern

B) Saxon

C) Northern

D) Mercian

E) Kentish

316. Mercian dialect is now called:

A) Midland

B) South – Western

C) Southern

D) Kentish

E) Northern

317. West Saxon and Kentish dialects are now called:

A) Northern

B) Southern

C) Kentish

D) Midland

E) Mercian

318. How was the consonant x first spelt?

A) sh

B)

C) З

D) Ө

E) dз

319. When did the East Saxon dialect become more important?

A) Proto English

B) Middle English

C) Old English

D) Early Middle English

E) Modern English

320. When did the Midland area become more diversified linguistically?

A) Old English

B) Middle English

C) Modern English

D) Proto English

E) Early – Modern English

320. When did the Midland area become more diversified linguistically?

A) Early – Modern English

B) Old English

C) Modern English

D) Proto English

E) Middle English

321. When did the Northern dialect include several provincial dialects?

A)Old English

B) Middle English

C) Early Middle English

D) Proto English

E) Late Modern English

322. How many strong verbs were in OE?

A) 500

B) 400

C) 100

D) 300

E) 200

323. How many classes are the strong verbs in OE divided into?

A) 4

B) 8

C) 7

D) 5

E) 9

324. This dialect had developed from OE Northumbrian

A) Eastern

B) Southern

C) Midland

D) Northern

E) West

325. This group included the Kentish dialect

A) Eastern

B) Midland

C) Southern

D) West

E) Northern

326. Which dialect did prevail over others in Late MidE?

A) West

B) London

C) Northern

D) Eastern

E) Southern

327. The most famous writer from the Middle English period is:

A) Cecil Rhodes

B) A.W. Franks

C) Noah Webster

D) Geoffrey Chaucer

E) Samuel Johnson

328. The most famous work from the Middle English period is:

A) “Artificial writing”

B) “Utopia”

C) "Beowulf"

D) “The Canterbury Tales”

E) “Novum Organum”

329. The dialect of Middle English derived from the Mercian dialect of Old English is:

1. Southern

2. Midland

3. Kentish

4. Northern

5. Northumbrian

330. Development of the Northern dialect is

1. Lowland Scottish

2. Lowland Norman

3. Lowland British

4. Lowland Irish

5. Lowland Swedish

331. The dialect which was spoken over the whole southeastern part of England, including London and Essex is:

1. East-Midland

2. West-Midland

3. Kentish

4. Northern

5. Mercian

332. The direct descendant of the west Saxon dialect of Old English is

1. Western

2. Southern

3. Northern

4. Kentish

5. Eastern

333. How many French words were adopted into English during the Norman occupation?

1. 1000

2. 50,000

3. 10,000

4. 30,000

5. 8000

334. Well-known poet of the 14 century is

1. Michael Brown

2. William Caxton

3. John Gower

4. James Adams

5. O. Henry

335. Old English nouns have … types of declension.

1. 1

2. 3

3. 4

4. 2

5. 5

336. From what Old English dialect did Northern dialects develope?