History of the Language: QUIZ 2

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1. The Anglo-Saxons' encounters with the native 
   Celts/Britons had a significant influence on the English language... 

   
   (click here) TRUE FALSE

2. A primary source for our knowledge of historical 
   events in early Old English period is... 

   
   (click here) The Domesday Book Beowulf The Lindasfarne Gospels The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

3. To signal grammatical relationships Old 
   English relied extensively on...
   
   

   
   (click here) Word order Prepositions Auxiliary verbs Inflections

4. Which of the following Old English letters 
   has only one sound associated with it?
   

   
   (click here) m s c g

5. Present-day English personal pronouns 
   descend directly from Old English...
   
   

   
   (click here) TRUE FALSE

6. In the year 597, which of the following 
   events occurred? 

   
   (click here) The Battle of Maldon The Treaty of Wedmore The exile of AEthelred Unraed The arrival of Roman missionaries, led by Augustine

7. Which of the following was not borrowed from 
   Old Norse?

   
   (click here) 3rd person singular present-tense -s ending of verbs BOTH GET DITCH

8. Which of the following is not attributable to Alfred the Great?

   
   (click here) The establishment of West Saxon as a standard literary language Translations of Latin texts into English Defeat of the Danes at Ethandun The foundation of Westminster Abbey

9. Old English poetry relied extensively on rhyming couplets...

   
   (click here) TRUE FALSE

10. The Treaty of Wedmore established...
    

    
    (click here) A common observance of Easter by the Irish and Roman Churches The Danelaw The moving of the capital from Winchester to London The accession of Cnut to the English throne

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