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

• A) Albert C. Baugh
• B)
• C)
• D)

What is the one word solution for “all manner of learning” for Sir Thomas Elyot?
Choose the best option.

• A) Encyclopedia
• B) Dictionary
• C) Science
• D) Circle of doctrine

Norsemen and Normans were in origin.

• A) Scandinavian
• B)
• C)
• D)

In recent times, even when the vowel has been restored in standard speech, the weakened form is generally apparent in __________ speech and in the dialects.

• A) informal
• B) all the given options
• C) semiformal
• D) formal

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

• A) Pronouns
• B)
• C)
• D)

In the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, ________ standard was accepted and people were sticking to it.

• A) Leeds
• B) London
• C) Liverpool
• D) Manchester

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)

Self-consciousness about language in Renaissance had two aspects: individual & _________.

• A) institutional
• B) public
• C) private
• D) commercial

What is tone age?

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

In the course of developmnet of English language, the change in sound that 'u' underwent is known as ___________.

• A) deletion
• B) omitting
• C) rounding
• D) unrounding

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

• A) Standard
• B)
• C)
• D)

The invention of __________ about the middle of the fifteenth century exercised a far reaching influence on all the vernacular languages of Europe.

• A) internet
• B) laser
• C) printing
• D) computers

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

• A) Albert C. Baugh
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which language did become famous for philosophy in the Renaissance period?

• A) Greek
• B) English
• C) German
• D) French

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)

Write the source language/s of the words, “alligator, apricot, corral, hammock, and maize.”
Choose the correct option.

• A) Spanish & Portuguese
• B) Italian
• C) Latin
• D) French

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

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Who refused to accept inkhorn terms in English language?

• A) Alexander Pope
• B) John Milton
• C) John Dryden
• D) George Puttenham

The French language spread through .

• A) intermarriage
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which was the source language for world knowledge in Renaissance period?

• A) Latin
• B) German
• C) French
• D) English