Deck 1: History of the English Language and Literature

Question 1

Indo European language are believe to derive from a hypothetical language known as……………..

A)proto - indo- european
B)germanic
C)indo- iranian
D)avestan

Answer 1

proto - indo- european

Question 2

The earliest possible end of Proto- Indo- European linguistic unity is believed to be around

A)3300 bce
B)3400 bce
C)3000 bce
D)4000 bce

Answer 2

3400 bce

Question 3

……………..is the language that forms part f the Iranian group

A)avestan
B)english
C)dutch
D)german

Answer 3

avestan

Question 4

The earliest surviving written evidence of a Greek language is………….

A)mycenaean
B)avestan
C)indic
D)germanic

Question 5

In which language most of the ancient Greek poetry and prose were written?

A)mycenaean
B)greek
C)attic
D)indic

Question 6

Insular celtic flourished in………….

A)england
B)ireland
C)germany
D)france

Question 7

……………is the last branch of Indo European languages to appear in written form.

A)latvian
B)danish
C)albanian
D)lithuvanian

Question 8

The term applied to certain changes in vowel in accented syllables owing to the influence of neighbouring sounds

A)umlaut or mutation
B)ablaut
C)consonant shift
D)vowel shift

Question 9

Most of the important literary works of the Old English period were written in the ………. dialect

A)mercian
B)kentish
C)northumbrian
D)west saxon

Question 10

Beowulf was written in ………..dialect

A)mercian
B)west saxon
C)kentish
D)northumbrian

Question 11

…………was the dialect of the Jutes who were the earliest settlers in Britain

A)kentish
B)mercian
C)west saxon
D)northumbrian

Question 12

Which among are the dialects of Middle English?

A)mercian, northumbrian, northern
B)west saxon, kentish, east midland
C)northern, the midland, the southern
D)kentish, midland, mercian

Question 13

The dialect of Middle English in which Chaucer wrote his poems

A)east midland
B)west midland
C)south midland
D)central midland

Question 14

During the Middle English period English came under the strong influence of the ………..language.

A)latin
B)french
C)german
D)greek

Question 15

Identify a word from French language which is common in usage.

A)ox
B)calf
C)sheep
D)beef

Question 16

" It is melancholy to think what English dinner table would have been like had there been no Norman Conquest" Whose words are these

A)chomsky
B)f t wood
C)a c baugh
D)macaulay

Question 17

The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period.

A)greek and latin
B)french and latin
C)greek and german
D)german and latin

Question 18

The term Inkhorn term refers to………..words and expressions borrowed indiscriminately from the classical languages

A)french
B)latin
C)german
D)west saxon

Question 19

The Anglican Prayer Book was first issued in………….

A)1456
B)1540
C)1549
D)1500

Question 20

………….had translated the Bible in 1588

A)king james
B)coverdale
C)tyndale
D)purvey

Question 21

The history of the English Bible begins with the work of …………..in 1526

A)tyndale
B)purvey
C)coverdale
D)king james

Question 22

Authorized version of Bible was published in…………

A)1600
B)1611
C)1612
D)1687

Question 23

The authorized version of Bible was made according to the suggestions of ……….

A)coverdale
B)dr johnson
C)king james i
D)king james ii

Question 24

The vocabulary of the authorized version of the Bible adopted mainly from…..

A)kentish
B)latin
C)french
D)anglo saxon

Question 25

" After reading St. Paul's epistle to the Hebrews, Homer and Virgil are disgustingly tame to me Milton himself barely tolerable" Who said these words?

A)tennyson
B)coleridge
C)wordsworth
D)arnold