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

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

When was the book “The New World of English Words” published?

• A) 1600
• B) 1550
• C) 1700
• D) 1658

What is the meaning of the word “fastidious” in the present age?

• A) Distasteful
• B) Proud
• C) Disgusting
• D) Fussy

What is a non-literary language?
Choose the correct option.

• A) Business language
• B) Poetic language
• C) Language of prose
• D) Language of novels

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Who refused to accept inkhorn terms in English language?

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

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

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

Choose the author of the following statement from the given options.
“Speke none englisshe but that which is cleane, polite, perfectly and articulately pronounced, omittinge no lettre or sillable.”

• A) Sir Thomas Elyot
• B) Ben Jonson
• C) Geoffrey Chaucer
• D) John Dryden

Who was the publisher of the book ‘The New World of English Words’?

• A) John Milton
• B) Edward Phillips
• C) Philip Sydney
• D) Geoffrey Chaucer

“I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native tongue.”
Who gave this statement?

• A) Alexander Pope
• B) William Shakepeare
• C) John Milton
• D) John Dryden

Choose the correct option.
Renaissance is a period of ___________.

• A) all the given options
• B) willingness
• C) enthusiasm
• D) eagerness

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

Some verb forms like ___________ predominate by the end of the sixteenth century.

• A) tells, gives, says
• B) all the given options
• C) pantofle,staddle, mugwump
• D) uhtceare, grubbling, rawgabbit