From the name of what tribes does the word “English” come?To which group of Germanic languages does English belong? A) East Germanic B) Gothic C) West Germanic D) Proto Germanic E) North Germanic From the name of what tribes does the word “English” come? A) Celts B) Norsemen C) Jutes D) Saxons E) Angles 3. Which period of English is characterized for the Great Vowel Shift? A) Modern English B) Proto English C) Middle English D) Old English E) English Renaissance
4. Which tribes did mostly influence on English? A) Jutes B) Angles C) Celts D) Norsemen E) Saxon
5. From what language did the words: sky, egg, cake derive? A) Latin B) Celtic C) Norse D) Anglo-Saxon E) French
6. Who did write epic poem “Beowulf”? A) Geoffrey Chaucer B) Unknown author C) William Shakespeare D) Robert Burns E) Charles Dikkens
7. The most widely spoken Germanic languages are: A) Dutch and Afrikaans B) English and German C) Swedish and Icelandic D) Norwegian and Danish E) Faroese and Gothic
8. In what centuries was there the first wave of invasion in England? A) VI – VII B) VIII – IX C) V – VI D) IX – X E) VII – VIII
9. Which period is notable by triangualism in English, French and Latin? A) Proto English B) Old English C) Modern English D) Middle English E) Introduction of Christianity
10. Which language was spoken by the Vikings? A) Celtic B) Norse C) Gothic D) Old Norse E) Anglo – Saxon
11. Who was the king of England in the 11th century? A) Danish king Canute B) Augustine C) William the Conqueror D) William Caxton E) King Henry
12. What is the genre of “The Canterbury Tales” composition? A) a collection of stories B) a novel C) a set of poems D) lyrics E) ballade
13. Experts say “Beowulf” was written in Britain more than A) three thousand years ago B) nine thousand years ago C) two thousand years ago D) two thousand and five hundred years ago E) one thousand years ago
14. When the warlike Anglo - Saxon tribes invaded Britain where did they push out most of the Celtic speaking inhabitants? A) Scotland B) Brittany coast of France C) Wales D) Cornwall E) All the answers are right
15. The words of places and rivers such as Kent, York, Dover, Cumberland, Thames, Avon, Trent, Severn have origins: A) French B) Norman C) Anglo - Saxon D) Norsemen E) Celtic
16. How many events do shape the history of English? A) 3 B) 5 C) 8 D) 2 E) 4
17. Which roots does the Modern English have? A) Early Old English B) Middle English C) Proto English D) Old English E) Germanic
18. When did the Old English period formally end? A) Scandinavian settlement B) Introduction of Christianity C) Norman conquest D) The becoming as a ruler of the Danish king, Canute E) Vikings invasions
19. What is the most popular poem of Old English? A) “Hamlet” B) “The Shepherd Andreas” C) “The Canterbury Tales” D) “Beowulf” E) “Romeo and Juliet”
20. What language was used by the Norman Kings in 1166? A) Germanic B) Anglo-Norman C) Latin D) Danish E) Celtic
21. To which group of languages is the English refered? A) Norman B) Late West Saxon C) East Germanic languages D) Indo – European E) West Germanic languages
22. Who did give the beginning to English language? A) Netherland tribes B) Latin tribes C) Norman tribes E) Germanic tribes F) Juts tribes
23. Which two languages did influence on Middle English? A) Anglo – Norman and Latin B) Anglo – Norman and late Anglo – French C) Latin and Norman D) Norman and French E) Late Anglo – French and Norman
24. Who did write “Canterbury Tales”? A) Lois Fundis B) Unknown author C) Geoffrey Chaucer D) Robert Burns E) Charles Dikkens
25. When was Geoffrey Chaucer born? A) 1330 – 1400 B) 1400 – 1460 C) 1335 – 1400 D) 1340 – 1400 E) 1340 – 1390
26. Who did write Epic poem “Beowulf”? A) Jack London B) William Shakespeare C) Geoffrey Chaucer D) Unknown poet E) Robert Burns
27. To which language family does the Germanic language belong? A) Anglo – Norman B) Anglo – French C) Indo – European D) Anglo – Saxon E) Old Norman
28. Until what period was Old English spoken? A) 1100 AD B) 1200AD C) 1000 AD D) 1010 AD E) 1020 AD
29. Which languages were spoken after Norman conquest? A) Middle English B) French C) Old English D) D’oil E) Anglo – Norman
30. Who were the main characters of the story “Canterbury Tales”? A) Rich B) Poor C) Conservative D) Travelers E) Pilgrims
31. Which alphabets were used in Old English? A) The Germanic and the Latin B) The Greek and The Norman C) The Norman and the Anglo-Saxon D) The Runic and the Latin E) The Latin and the Greek
32. Which division of the English language did Henry Sweet propose? A) Old English, Modern English B) Proto-English, Old English, Middle English, Modern English C) Old English, Middle English, Modern English D) Early English, Late English, Modern English E) Norman English, Anglo-Saxon English, Scandinavian English
33. Which epic poem of Old English period are the best-known? A) “The Canterbury tales” B) “Romeo and Juliet” C) “Beowulf” D) “Theater” E) “Exodus”
34. With which invasion does the history of the English language begin? A) Scandinavian conquest B) Germanic tribes’ invasion C) Norman invasion D) Anglo-Saxon invasion E) French invasion
35. Which dialects are commonly distinguished in Old English? A) Northern, Midland, Southern B) Kentish, West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian C) Norman, Saxon, Jutes D) Northern, Western, Eastern, Southern E) Celtic, Saxon, Norman
36. From which dialect did English language originate? A) Anglo-Saxon B) Germanic C) Anglo-Frisian D) Kentish E) Northumbrian
37. What language was the language of the “ruling class” in Middle English period? A) English B) French C) Celtic D) Latin E) Greek
38. The Norman conquest of England began in …………. A) 5-th century B.C. B) 5-th century A.D. C) 1066 D) 9-th century E) 845
39. Which dialects are commonly distinguished in Middle English? A) Northern, Western, Eastern, Southern B) Southern, Midland, Northern C) Kentish, West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian D) Norman, Saxon, Jutes E) Celtic, Saxon, Norman
40. Who is the best-known poet of Middle English period? A) Somerset Maugham B) William Shakespeare C) King Alfred D) Geoffrey Chaucer E)Adrian Mitchell
41. Which language from Old Germanic languages is well known nowadays? A) French B) Latin C) English D) Gothic E) Anglo-Norman
42. Find Latin words from the next examples: A) Camp, pillow, butter, be… B) Wine, be, strong, health… C) Water, ocean, sea, street… D) Strong, castle, be, dish… E) Kitchen, cook, fork, street… 43. Which words did the romans give to the English language? A) Water, ocean, sea, street B) Wine, be, strong, dish C) Butter, chess, dish, wine D) Strong, castle, be, dish E) Camp, pillow, butter, be
44. What is the most famous work from the Old English period? A) “Cynewulf” B) ‘The Canterbury Tales” C) “Beowulf” D) “Runic inscriptions” E) “Vifilas`s Gothic Bible”
45. What was the period of the language when England was ruled by Anglo-Saxon kings? A) Middle English B) Proto English C) Old English D) Early Modern English E) Modern English
46. To which language family does the Germanic language belong? A) Romanic B) Turkic C) Indo-European D) Arabian E) Eastern
47. Where exactly was the Germanic language spoken in the 1st century? A) England B) Germany C) America D) Italy E) Spain
48. How many groups do enter to the Germanic language? A) 4 B) 5 C) 2 D) 3 E) 6
49. Which two alphabets were used in Old English? A) The Anglo-French and English B) The Latin and English C) The Runic and Anglo-French D) The Runic and Latin E) The English and Runic
50. By what year had the Old English been spoken? A) 9th century B) Around 1500 AD C) Until around 1100 AD D) 11th century E) 8th century
51. What are the years of Middle English? A) 300-200 BC B) 1066-1500 AD C) 1400-1500 AD D) 500-100 BC E) 1342-1650 AD 52. Who was the most famous writer of Middle English? A) Christopher Marlo B) Geoffrey Chaucer C) Ernest Hemingway. D) John Milton E) Philip Durkin
53. By whom was Middle English spelling influenced? A) By Anglo-Saxons B) By Geoffrey Chaucer C) By speakers of the Scandinavian branch D) By Germanic tribes E) By Norman
54. When did Geoffrey Chaucer write “The Canterbury tales” A) In the early 1380s B) In the 1600 C) In the VIII century D) In 1100 E) in the early 1490
55. By whom the Anglo-Frisian dialects were brought to Britain? A) By Anglo-Saxon kings B) By Greek tribes C) By fictional pilgrims D) By Germanic invaders E) By Anglo-Saxon authors
56. Which words from Old English are used in Modern English. A) Kitchen, fork and cook. B) Be, strong and water C) Butler, chess and dish. D) Fork, cattle and pounds. E) Wine and mile.
57. When did Old English period formally end? A) With introduction of Christianity B) With addition of Latin words C) With Germanic invasion D) With the Norman conquest E) After arriving of Jutes
58. To what literary genre does “Beowulf” belong. A) Novel B) Tale C) Lyric poetry D) Epic poem E) Love story
59. Who was an author of the epic poem “Beowulf”? A) Unknown author B) Gilbert Chesterton C) Christian Clerics D) Geoffrey Chaucer E) Ernest Hemingway
60. To what group of languages does English belong? A) Baltic B) Armenian C) Greek D) Germanic E) Venetian
61. What language was mostly used for written language, especially that of the Church? A) Celtic B) English C) Germanic D) Greek E) Latin
62. To what group does English belong? A) Norman languages B) Romance languages C) Germanic languages D) Latin languages E) Arabian languages
63. Which three Germanic tribes did come to the British Isles from various parts of northwest Germany? A) Briton, Romans, Celts B) Incas, Maya, Vikings C) Aztecs, Celts, Anglo-Saxons D) Saxons, Angles, Jutes E) Danes, Vikings, Jutes
64. What is the most famous example of Middle English? A) Martian Chronicles B) Beowulf C) Romeo and Juliet D) Hamlet E) The Canterbury Tales
65. When did Old English exist? A) 450-1100 B) 1100-1500 C) 1200-1600 D) 500-1200
66. Which languages do constitute a branch of the Indo-European language family? A) Latin D) Arabian
67. When and where was the Proto-Germanic language spoken? A) mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe
68. What event did bring more Latin words into the English language in 597? A) the invasion of Normans C) Williams invasion
69. Which alphabet was used by Old Germanic in 3 century? A) Runic
70. Who first did introduce the concept of a synchronic linguistics as opposed to diachronic? A) Julius Caesar
71. When William the conqueror did invade and conquer England? A) 1066 B) 1056 C) 1076 D) 1046 E) 1060
72. How the English language was considered in the Middle period of its developing? A) unknown language B) popular language C) lingua franca D) widespread tonque E) vulgar tonque
73. What are the centuries of the Great Vowel Shift? A) 15-20th centuries B) 14-16th centuries C) 13-17th centuries D) 15-18th centuries E) 16-17th centuries
74. The closest undoubted living relatives of English are? A) Scots and Frisian B) Anglo - Saxons C) Norsemen D) Jutes E) Normans
75. By what time England and France had split? A) by about 1100 B) by about 1190 C) by about 1700 D) by about 1200 E) by about 1500
76. What famous event did bring more Latin words into the Old period of its developing? A) Celtic influence B) Vikings invasion C) William the Conqueror’s invasion D) Great Vowel Shift E) The introduction of Christianity
77. When did St. Augustine arrive at Saxon England? A) in 597 B) in 878 C) in 565 D) in 412 E) in 720
78. In what area of France has the Celtic language been spoken yet? A) Cornwall B) Northern central Europe C) North-western coastline of continental Europe D) Dutch province of Friesland E) Brittany Coast or Breton
79. What language was mostly used in written language in the Middle period for the history of English? A) Latin B) Frisian C) Celtic D) English E) French
80. What is the most famous example of Middle English (composition)? A) “The Canterbury Tales” B) “Beowulf” C) “The Shepherd Andreas” D) Printing press E) Language timeline
81. Which is the common ancestor of all the Germanic languages? A) Proto-Germanic B) Proto-English C) Celtic D) Latin E) English
82. What are the most widely spoken Germanic languages? A) Roman and Slavic B) Danish and Swedish C) English and German D) Norwegian and Faroese E) Icelandic and Africans
83. When Anglo – Saxons did come to the British Isles? A) During the 5th century B) During the 6th century C) During the 8th century D) During the 1 century E) During the 7th century
84. What event did bring to Saxon England more Latin words into the English language? A) Great Vowel Shift B) Scandinavian settlement C) Norman Conquest D) Introduction of Christianity E) The becoming as a ruler of the Danish king, Canute
85. Around 878 AD what tribes did invade England? A) Inks B) Jutes C) Celts D) Vikings E) Norman
86. How many lines do the English poem “Beowulf”? A) 3183 lines B) 2234 lines C) 4150 lines D) 3500 lines E) 3350 lines
87. To what branch of the Indo-European family of languages does the English language belong? A) South Germanic B) East Germanic C) North Germanic D) West Germanic E) There is no right answer
88. What are the years of Middle English? A) 400-1100 AD B) 1200-1400 AD C) 1100-1500 AD D) 1400-1700 AD E) 1300-1800 AD
89. When approximately did Old English exist? A) 450-1100 AD B) 54-1000 AD C) 54-5 BC D) 597-800 AD E) 1000-600 BC
90. When the literature of the Middle English period was in Old Norman and Latin? A) 1056 B) 1500 C) 1235 D 1154 E) 1000
91. The languages of which tribes did give rise to the English language? A) Angles, Saxons, Frisians, Jutes B) Norwegians, Icelandics, Afrikaans C) Germans, Indians, Europeans D) Baltics, Teutons, Vikings E) Scandinavians, Jutes, Baltics
92. The most famous surviving work from the Old English period is A) "Beowulf" B) “Artificial writing” C) “The Canterbury Tales” D) “The lover’s confession” E) “The Voice of the Crying in the Wilderness”
93. Which words did derive from Old English? A) linen, mile, mill B) camp, cheese, cook, C) inch, kettle, kitchen D) be, strong and water E) pillow, pin, pound
94. Which event did add more Latin and some Greek words into the Old English period? A) the introduction of Christianity B) the Norman conquest C) the Scandinavian Conquest D) the battle of Hastings E) the Celtic invasion
95. The most famous writer from the Middle English period is A) Geoffrey Chaucer B) A.W. Franks C) Noah Webster D) Cecil Rhodes E) Samuel Johnson
96. The most famous work from the Middle English period is A) “The Canterbury Tales” B) “Utopia” C) “Novum Organum” D) "Beowulf" E) “Artificial writing”
97. The common ancestor of all the languages in a branch of the Indo-European language family is A) Proto-Norse B) Icelandic C) Proto-Germanic D) Greenlandic Norse E) Old Norwegian
98. From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic varieties are divided into three groups. They are: A) West, East, North B) West, South, East C) East, South, North D) Middle, South, North E) East, Middle, North
99. Old Germanic languages of East branch are A) Afrikaans, Norwegian, Swedish B) Icelandic, Danish, Frisian C) Old Norse, Old Saxon, Frisian D) German, Frisian, Yiddish E) Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian
100. The word originally meant “secret”, “mystery”, and later applied to the characters used in writing inscriptions. A) rune B) script C) letter D) origin E) dialect
101. Which Germanic tribes did come to the British in the 5th century? A) Angles B) Saxons C) Jutes D) Saxons,Angles,and Jutes E) None of them
101. Which Germanic tribes did come to the British in the 5th century? F) Saxons G) Angles H) Saxons,Angles,and Jutes I) Jutes J) None of them
102. In what period did Old English exist? A) 550-1200AD B) 550-1100AD C) 600-1100AD D) 450-1100AD E) 480-1200AD
103. The most famous example of Middle English is Chaucer’s A) Great Vowel Shift B) Beowulf C) Germanic language D) Language Timeline E) The Canterbury Tales
104. The most famous heroic epic poem appeared in Old English period is A) Beowulf B) The Canterbury Tales C) Angles D) Language Timeline E) None of them
105. Who did write Beowulf? A) Adrian Mitchell B) Samuel Johnson C) Unknown author D) Leonard Bernstein E) Arthur Koestler
106. The most widely spoken Germanic languages are A) Norwegian and Danish B) French and German C) German D) English and French E) English and German
107. In what period was Latin mostly used in written form A) Middle and Modern English B) Old English C) Modern English D) Anglo-Saxon Settlement E) Middle English
108. English is …. Language A) South Germanic B) West Germanic C) East Germanic D) North Germanic E) Middle English
109. When did speakers of the Scandinavian branch conquer and colonize parts of Britain? A) 8 – 9 c B) 10 – 11 c C) 11 – 12 c D) 13 c E) 14 – 15 c
110. The most famous literature work from the Old English period is A) The Canterbury Tales B) Beowulf C) House of Fame D) Sleswick E) The Vikings
111. The common ancestor of all the languages in the Germanic family of languages is A) Proto – English B) Old English C) Proto – Germanic D) Middle English E) Modern English
112. The most widely spoken Germanic languages are A) Icelandic and English B) English and Dutch C) Danish and German D) Swedish and African E) English and German
113. The most famous writer from the Middle English period is A) W. Shakespeare B) G. Chaucer C) A.C. Doyle D) J. Gutenberg E) P. Durkin
114. In 1145 the literature of the Middle English period was … A) Dutch and Swedish B) French and Latin C) Old English and Norman D) Old Norman and Latin E) Old Norman and English
115. A Heroic epic poem “Beowulf” was written by A) D. Dark B) G. Chaucer C) J. Brown D) A. Kont E) Unknown author
116. The beginning of the Great Vowel Shift was in the A) Middle English B) Old English C) Modern English D) New English E) Proto English
117. Where was Geoffrey Chaucer buried? A) Nepal B) London C) Oxford D) Engle E) St. Patrick
118. To what period does Early Modern English belong? A) 1500 – 1800 B) 1800 – 2000 C) 1505 – 1800 D) 1600 – 1700 E) 1550 – 1890
119. What is the main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English? A) Words B) Pronunciation C) Vocabulary D) Preposition E) Grammar
120. When did Samuel Johnson publish his “Dictionary of the English language”? A) 1575 B) 1855 C) 1800 D) 1604 E) 1755
121. When was the first English dictionary published? A) 1604 B) 1755 C) 1800 D) 1605 E) 1700
122. By what time had the language become clearly recognizable as Modern English? A) Modern English B) Old English C) By the time of William Shakespeare D) Early Modern English E) Proto English
123. When did Late Modern English exist? A) 1800 - 2000 B) 1600 – 1800 C) 1820 – Present D) 1820 – 1900 E) 1800 – Present
124. When was Samuel Johnson born? A) 1709 B) 1710 C) 1800 D) 1609 E) 1700
125. When did the Great Vowel Shifts appear? A) 15th century B) 16th century C) 14th century D) 17th century E) 18th century
126. When were the Latin words often used with original? A) 17th century B) 16th century C) 18th century D) 15th century E) 19th century
127. When was “The life of Samuel Johnson” published? A) 1791 B) 1800 C) 1780 D) 1807 E) 1785
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