A. King Alfred wanted all educated people to speak French.
B. Many English nobles preferred French because of the culture’s superior poetry.
C. Edward the Confessor’s wife was French, and she had great influence at court.
D. After the successful invasion of England, the language of William of Normandy became the language of the elite.
Related Mcqs:
- Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.
B. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.
C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.
D. all of the above - What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: \Men of England\and England in 1819 ?
A. the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England
B. the Battle of Waterloo
C. the Peterloo Massacre
D. the storming of the Bastille - In the first decades after the Norman Conquest, which of the following best describes the use of language in England ?
A. The conquered English quickly studied French.
B. The French conquerors learned English in order to be able to govern well.
C. Latin became a common language for interaction between the two groups.
D. Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used mostly among the upper-ruling class. - Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ?
A. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.
B. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.
C. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.
D. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England. - Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
A. tenth
B. twelfth
C. thirteenth
D. fourteenth - Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?
A. tenth
B. eleventh
C. twelfth
D. fourteenth - Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?
A. snide indifference
B. biblical reverence
C. condemning censure
D. satirical derision - Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?
A. Duality of structure
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. TransferencE. - Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?
A. Dynamic
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. TransferencE - It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?
A. Duality of structure
B. Recursiveness
C. Displacement
D. Transference.
