The inflection of the in the Germanic languages is much simpler than it was in Indo - European times.

• A) Verb
• B)
• C)
• D)

Two streams mingle in Old English literature: the pagan and the .

• A) Christian
• B)
• C)
• D)

�A History of the English Language� was written by .

• A) Albert C. Baugh
• B)
• C)
• D)

Norsemen and Normans were in origin.

• A) Scandinavian
• B)
• C)
• D)

�Who� and �Which� existed in the Old English but were indefinite or interrogative not relatives.

• A) Pronouns
• B)
• C)
• D)

Chose the best option. Old English vocabulary appropriate to literature and learning dies out and was replaced later by words borrowed from .

• A) French and Latin
• B)
• C)
• D)

What is tone age?

• A) stone used as weapons
• B)
• C)
• D)

The most influential factor in the rise of English was the importance of London as the capital of England.

• A) Standard
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the correct option. �A History of the English Language� was written by .

• A) Albert C. Baugh
• B)
• C)
• D)

Mark the following statements as True or False: There was a great transition in �spelling� from Old English to Middle English.

• A) TRUE
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

The French language spread through .

• A) intermarriage
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the best option. Nearly all of Old English literature is preserved in transcribed in this region.

• A) Manuscripts
• B)
• C)
• D)

Nearly a of the strong verbs in Oxford English died out early in the Middle English period.

• A) third
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following is NOT the part of Roman conquest?

• A) King James
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Because of its system, Old English had greater freedom of word -order than Modern English.

• A) inflectional
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the correct option. French is the first language in England to challenge the monopoly of Latin in matters.

• A) Written
• B)
• C)
• D)

Select the correct order of the material according to the age:

• A) Stone, bronze, iron, gunpowder
• B)
• C)
• D)

English is derived from .

• A) Anglo
• B)
• C)
• D)