ENG501 Final Term Quiz from Assessments

ENG501

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Maha Malik History of English Language

Special thanks to “Aqsa & Yasmeen”

1. Peterborough Chronicle was written in installments from _______ to _______. (1070 to 1154)
2. Middle English literature was based directly on __________ originals. (French)
3. ___________ district contributed the most to the formation of Standard English. (East

Midland)

4. Importance of London Standard was due to certain reasons. London being: (All of the above, The political capital of England, Commercial center of England, Focus of the social and intellectual activities)
5. French was the language of the law courts so all the legal vocabulary in English comes from _________. (French)
6. Mark the following as True or False:

The language of Chaucer may be taken as representing with enough accuracy, the dialect of London at the end of the fourteenth century. (True)

7. Mark the following as True or False:

In the Middle English, characteristic of East Midland is the loss of the prefix y– and the retention of the final -n. (True)

8. The following Middle English is translated as:

Me henged up bi the fet. (They (‘One’) hanged (them) up by the feet)

9. Mark the following as True or False.

The inflections of Middle English are very much reduced compared to the ones in Old English.

(True)

10. The Old English period’s beginning can be placed at 1500. (False)
11. In all periods of the language, the vowels of unstressed syllables have had a tendency to weaken and then often to disappear. (True)
12. Self-consciousness about language had three aspects: individual, public and intelligentsia

(False)

13. Apart from the special effects of the Norman Conquest, in the Middle Ages, changes in vocabulary were so great. (False)
14. In the Middle English period changes in grammar were revolutionary. (True)
15. Spelling was one of the problems that the English language began consciously to face in the sixteenth century. (True)
16. Latin and Greek were the key to the world’s knowledge and were highly esteemed for poetry, oratory, and philosophy. (True)
17. In 1631, Sir Thomas Elyot published The Governour. (False)
18. Greek words came into English through Latin or French. (True)
19. The opposition to inkhorn terms was at its height in the middle of the seventeen century.

(False)

20. If we trace the history of the English language, we realize that words were borrowed more than once. (True)
21. In many cases, French may have offered a precedent for introducing the Latin words into English and may have assisted in their general adoption. (True)
22. Italian words, like Italian fashions, were frequently adopted in England. (True)
23. Shakespeare’s pronunciation was not exactly ours, but it was like ours. (True)
24. English grammar in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century is marked more by the survival of certain forms and usages than by any secondary developments. (False)
25. In Middle English, the -es of the genitive, being unaccented, was frequently written and pronounced -is, -ys. (True)
26. In Shakespeare’s day, there was much more latitude in the inflection of the noun than is permitted today. (False)
27. Shakespeare’s pronunciation was not exactly ours, but it was like ours. (True)
28. Where we say at length, at last, Shakespeare says at the length, at the last. (True)
29. The fifteenth century had witnessed sporadic attempts by individual writers to embellish their style with ‘aureate terms.’ (True)
30. A century or two before Renaissance upper classes were inclined to sending their children abroad for learning correct Italian accent. (False)
31. As an effect of the ‘Great Vowel Shift,’ the pronunciation was brought within measurable distance of that which prevails today. (True)
32. French in the Renaissance, at least as we see it in books, was much more plastic than now.

(False)

33. Overall, Renaissance was a time of eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness and acceptance. (True)
34. As far as crisis is concerned, English Civil War (1640) & Restoration of Charles II in 1660 brought instability. (True)
35. The first half of the eighteenth century is commonly designated in histories of literature as the Augustan Age in England. (True)
36. Swift’s beliefs were not grounded in sets of political and religious as well as linguistic opinions. (False)
37. If we look at the ancient models, we can see that the modern languages had been reduced to rules; one knew what was right and what was wrong. (False)
38. One of the most ambitious hopes of the eighteenth century was to stabilize the language and establish it in a form that would be permanent. (True)
39. In Italy, the most famous was the Accademia della Crusca, founded in1582. (True)
40. John Dryden was the moving spirit in this gesture of the Royal Society. (True)
41. After the publication of Johnson’s Dictionary, advocacy of an academy becomes more frequent. (False)