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)

All the legal vocabulary of English language has its origin in .

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the correct option. Geoffrey Chaucer�s �Canterbury Tales� were written in .

• A) 1387
• B)
• C)
• D)

The heathon god �Tiw� is named after .

• A) Tuesday
• B)
• C)
• D)

The year in which Geoffrey Chaucer�s �Canterbury Tales� were written was .

• A) 1387
• B)
• C)
• D)

In the 14th and 15th centuries, London was: o The political capital of England o Commercial center of England o Focus of the social and intellectual activities o

• A) All of the given
• B)
• C)
• D)

Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed in 731, tells us that the Germanic tribes that conquered England were . Choose the correct option. Jutes Saxons Angles All the other

• A) N/A
• B)
• C)
• D)

Choose the correct option. Romances owned by Richard II in 1385 were in , but he spoke English fluently.

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

An anti-foreign movement in England culminated in the year�s war.

• A) hundred
• B)
• C)
• D)

Due to the use of , there was an indirect effect on inflect ions (loss) and simplification of grammar.

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

Latin was the language of . Choose the correct option.

• A) Romans
• B)
• C)
• D)

One of the consequences of the decay of inflections in Old English was the elimination of grammatical in Middle English.

• A) gender
• B)
• C)
• D)

The vowel sounds of Old English relate to early .

• A) West Saxon
• B)
• C)
• D)

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)

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

• A) French
• B)
• C)
• D)

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)