ENG501 Quiz 2

True false

Norsemen and Normans were _________ in origin.

British Italian

irish Scandinavian

An anti-foreign movement in England culminated in the ________ years’ war.

Fifty Twenty Ten hundred

Celts

jutes

Significance of a language depends upon which of the following factors? Government People Court all

On several occasions, Henry I confiscated the _________ estates of unruly Norman barons. English Roman Greek french

For __________ years after the Norman Conquest, French remained the language of ordinary communication among the upper classes of England. at the time of the Norman Conquest, the civilization of Normandy was _________.

Italian French Greek english

demaging

Greek Roman Goethic Christian

In the course of Henry III’s long reign (1216–1272), the country was eaten up by

travelers Strangers local people foreigners

Celts

jutes True false

Adoption of ________ words into the English language took place in the 13th century.

Roman Greek Italin french

The french language spread through

Intermarriage Trade Settlement migration

Hundred Years’ War is probably to be reckoned as one of the causes contributing to the disuse of _________.

English Roman French italin

The Black Death spread rapidly in England, reaching its height in -------------.

1351 1349 1352 1351

_________ was the language of the court and the upper classes; English was the speech of the masses.

French English