Evolution of the English Language Quiz

Which language family does Old English belong to?

• Romance languages

• Indo-European languages

• Germanic languages

• Celtic languages

What major event brought a massive amount of French and Latin vocabulary into the English language?

• The Viking invasion

• The Norman invasion of England in 1066

• The Anglo-Saxon settlement

• The arrival of the Jutes

Which language is considered the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family?

• Old Norse

• Proto-Germanic

• Proto-Indo-European

• Latin

What sound shift occurred in German words after the 6th century?

• From 'p' to 'pf'

• From 'f' to 'p'

• From 'sk' to 'sh'

• From 't' to 'd'

Where was Proto-Indo-European spoken approximately 6000 years ago?

• Modern day France

• Modern day Ukraine and Russia

• Modern day Italy

• Modern day China

Which language family includes nearly all languages historically spoken in Europe?

• Celtic languages

• Indo-European languages

• Germanic languages

• Romance languages

What is the nature of the languages spoken in Europe prior to the arrival of Indo-European languages?

• Celtic languages

• Germanic languages

• Romance languages

• Unknown

What is the common ancestor of English, Swedish, German, and many other languages?

• Proto-Indo-European

• Proto-Germanic

• Latin

• Old Norse

Which language is the language of Beowulf?

• Latin

• Old English

• Old Norse

• French

What language did the Viking invaders add borrowings from into Old English?

• Old Norse

• Celtic languages

• Latin

• French