Choose the correct option. An important feature of the Germanic languages is declension. The weak declension is used when the is preceded by article, demonstrative, or possessive pronoun.

• A) Noun
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following shires does Shakespeare belong to?

• A) Warwickshire
• B) Bedfordshire
• C) Buckinghamshire
• D) Berkshire

At the time of the Norman Conquest, the civilization of Normandy was .

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

In the 15th century, all the long vowels of English language gradually came to be pronounced with a greater ___________ of the tongue and closing of the mouth.

• A) vibration
• B) elevation
• C) opening
• D) closing

Choose the correct option. The literature in English that came down to us from the period (1150 -1250) is almost exclusively .

• A) Religious
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

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

On several occasions, Henry I confiscated the estates of unruly Norman Barons.

• A) English
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

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

Write the name of the period from 450 to 1150.

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

Choose the correct option. Chaucer�s prioress spoke French, though she told her tale to the Canterbury pilgrims in .

• A) English
• B)
• C)
• D)

Mark Antony’s “This was the most unkindest cut of all” is an instance of ______________.
Choose the correct option.

• A) double comparative
• B) dangling modifier
• C) wrong adjective
• D) article problem

The literature of the is the richest and the most significant of any preserved literatures among the early Germanic people.

• A) Anglo-Saxons
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following best defines the term 'idiom’?

• A) Not predictable from the usual meanings
• B) A style of speaking peculiar to a people
• C) The peculiar character of a language
• D) All of given options

Hundred years� War is probably to be reckoned as one of the causes contributing to the disuse of .

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

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

Choose the correct option. In early Middle English, only method/s of indicating the plural remained fairly distinctive.

• A) Two
• B)
• C)
• D)

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

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

The inflection of the Old English indicates distinctions of numbers (singular and plural) and case.

• A) noun
• B)
• C)
• D)

Which of the following is a modern word?

• A) Maketh
• B) Kith
• C) Noteth
• D) Leadeth