ENG503 Quiz Set 3

Q1. Over the past ________ decades, corpus evidence has not only been used in linguistic research but also in the teaching and learning of languages.

1. two
2. four
3. five
4. three

Correct answer: three

Q2. Which of the following types of corpus contain texts from different periods?

1. Monolingual corpus
2. Diachronic corpus
3. Parallel corpus
4. Multilingual corpus

Correct answer: Diachronic corpus

Q3. Is the following correct or incorrect? A “corpus‟ is a “body‟ of data, and linguists call their big data sets “corpora‟.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Correct answer: Correct

Q4. Which of the following engines allow the users to select more than two aligned corpora?

1. Bilingual Engine
2. Dual engine
3. Search Engine
4. Sketch Engine

Correct answer: Sketch Engine

Q5. The SECOND LAST stage in the process of creative writing is _________.

1. incubation
2. the silence reservoir
3. on titles
4. breakthroughs and finish lines

Correct answer: breakthroughs and finish lines

Q6. The acronym ICE stands for ________.

1. International Corpus of Emerging Languages
2. Inclusive Corpus of English
3. Intensive Corpus of Emerging Languages
4. International Corpus of English

Correct answer: International Corpus of English

Q7. In the writing processes, planning and preparation may overlap with the _______ stage.

1. beginning
2. incubation
3. flowing
4. the silence reservoir

Correct answer: incubation

Q8. Most writers agree that the best way to write well and creatively is to write for _______.

1. yourself
2. nature
3. society
4. others

Correct answer: yourself

Q9. Which dictionary defines fiction as, “literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people”?

1. Merriam-Webster
2. The Chambers
3. Oxford
4. Macquarie

Correct answer: Oxford

Q10. Which of the following is the second process of creative writing?

1. Incubation
2. Planning
3. Preparing
4. Beginning

Correct answer: Incubation