Middle Exam HELC

What is the proto-language that include most of the languages of Europe?

• Sanskrit

• Indo-European

• Latin

• Gothic

English language is from....

• Germanic branch of the Centum family

• Germanic branch of the Satem family

• Latin branch of the Centum family

• Latin branch of the Satem family

The timeline of English language is ....

• Old English from 500 to 1000, Middle English from 1000 to 1600, Modern English from 1600 up to now.

• Old English from 300 to 900, Middle English from 900 to 1500, Modern English from 1500 up to now.

• Old English from 400 to 1066, Middle English from 1066 to 1500, Modern English from 1500 up to now.

• Old English from700 to 1066, Middle English from 1066 to 1600, Modern English from 1600 up to now.

English is most closely related to the living languages of.....

• Frisian and Low German (Plattsdeutsch) and then Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans

• Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic

• Modern German and Yiddish

• Burgundian and Vandalic

Old English was formed due to the invasion from... (check all that apply)

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Roman

Had the Anglo-Saxon invasions not occurred, the English would still be speaking a Latinate tongue.

• True

• False

The Anglo-Saxons borrowed words for war from....

• Celtic

• Latin

• British

• Germanic

Celtic languages were most influential on Old English in the realm of .....

• war items

• trade

• place names

• education

The greatest influence of Latin on Old English came from .....

• Romans

• Christians

• military

• aristocracy

Who was Cædmon? (Check all that apply)

• the first named poet

• herdsman

• general

• priest