1. Middle English, pilgrims, Canterbury Cathedral;

2. Old English, peasants, Canterbury Cathedral;

3. Middle English, pilgrims, St Paul’s Cathedral;

4. Present-day English, pilgrims, Canterbury Cathedral.

210. Fill in the gaps and choose the correct letter. “The Canterbury Tales” were written in …dialect in ….

a) Kentish, 1783;

b) Southern, 1378;

c) East Midland, 1387.

d) Northern, 1377.

211. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.

“The Canterbury Tales” is a marvelous trilingual picture of the history of the English language of Chaucer’s time, its trilingualism being presented together in a profound synthesis of nature (English), culture (French), and religion (Latin).

a) Hardly ever;

b) False;

c) True;

d) It’s impossible.

212. What dialect took a position as a written standard during the Old English period? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Northumbrian;

b) Mercian;

c) Kentish;

d) West Saxon.

213. Find ME dialects.

a) Kentish, Southern, Northern, East-Midland and West-Midland;

b) Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, Anglian, West Saxon;

c) Northumbrian, Mercian, Kentish, East-Midland and West-Midland;

d) Anglian, West Saxon, Kentish, East-Midland and West-Midland.

214. What dialect became the written form of official and literary papers in the late 14 century? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Northern;

b) Kentish;

c) Southern;

d) London.

215. What Middle English towns constituted the famous literary and cultural triangle? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Brixworth, Portsmouth, Liverpool;

b) London— Liverpool— Cambridge;

c) London—Oxford— Cambridge;

d) Oxford— Portsmouth — Liverpool.

216. How many years did communication in England go on in three languages? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) 150;

b) 200;

c) 300;

d) 250.

217. What three languages did communication in England go on during 300 years? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Scandinavian, English, French;

b) German, Greek, English;

c) English, French, Latin;

d) Latin, English, German;

218. Choose the correct statement.

a) During ME church literature was in Latin, chivalric poetry was for the most part in French while folklore continued to develop in Anglo-Saxon.

b) During ME church literature was in Greek, chivalric poetry was for the most part in Latin while folklore continued to develop in Anglo-Saxon.

c) During ME church literature was in Greek, chivalric poetry was for the most part in Latin while folklore continued to develop in French.

d) During ME church literature was in Greek, chivalric poetry was for the most part in English while folklore continued to develop in Anglo-Saxon.

219. When did English become the language of grammar-schools? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) in 1348.

b) in 1438.

c) in 1538.

d) in 1638.

220. When did the Language Act declare English the official language of the law courts? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) in 1348.

b) in 1362.

c) in 1538.

d) in 1638.

221. What King was the first on the throne with English as his mother tongue? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Henry IV;

b) Henry V;

c) Richard II;

d) Richard III.

222. When were all parliament records written in English? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Since 1423;

b) Since 1223;

c) Since 1523;

d) Since 1323;

223. Who proclaimed English as the official language? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Henry IV;

b) Henry V;

c) Richard II;

d) Richard III.

224. What processes played an important role in the unification of the English language? Find the wrong process.

a) the changes in the economic and social conditions;

b) the growth of towns with mixed population;

c) the weakening of social ties between the various regions;

d) a new class, the bourgeoisie, became common.

225. Why were the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) the most significant event of the ME period? Answer the question and choose the incorrect letter.

a) This event didn’t mark the decay of feudalism and the birth of the new social order.

b) In the Wars of the Roses Henry Tudor became the king Henry VII of England.

c) The political result of this prolonged struggle was the rise of an absolute monarchy.

d) The rise of an absolute monarchy meant a high degree of political centralization and this contributed to centralization in language as well, i.e. to a predominance of the national language over local dialects.

226. Who published the first English printed book? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) Johann Gutenberg;

b) William Shakespeare;

c) William Caxton;

d) Bede.

227. What was the title of the first English printed book? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) “THE DICTES AND SAYINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS”.

b) “The Canterbury Tales”;

c) “The Peterborough Chronicle”;

d) “THE RECUYEIL OF THE HISTORIES OF TROY”.

228. Where was the first English printed book? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) in London;

b) in Oxford;

c) in Cambridge;

d) in Bruges.

229. What was the title of the first English book printed in England? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) “THE DICTES AND SAYINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS”;

b) “The Canterbury Tales”;

c) “The Peterborough Chronicle”;

d) “THE RECUYEIL OF THE HISTORIES OF TROY”

230. What town did the first book appear to be printed in England? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) in London;

b) in Oxford;

c) in Cambridge;

d) in Bruges.

231. The spread of printing helped to normalize spelling and grammatical forms. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.

a) Hardly ever;

b) False;

c) True;

d) It’s impossible.

232. The written form of the English language became standardized earlier than its spoken form. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.

a) Hardly ever;

b) False;

c) True;

d) It’s impossible.

233. What language did William Shakespeare and his contemporaries (Edmund Spencer, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and others) write in? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) in Early NE literary language;

b) in Middle English;

c)in Present-day English;

d) in Old English.

234. What outstanding events influenced the English in the 17-th and 18-th cc.? Answer the question and choose the incorrect letter.

a) the bourgeois revolution of the 17th c.;

b) the Restoration of the English monarchy in1660;

c) the industrial revolution in the 18th c;

d) the introduction of Christianity.

235. Analyse the statements and choose the correct letter.

In the 17th c. colonizing was caused by acute political struggle in the mother country and persecuting the Puritans.

a) Hardly ever;

b) False;

c) True;

d) It’s impossible.

236. What was the name of the Puritan ship which reached North America in 1620? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) “The mayflower”;

b) “The Titanic”;

c) “The Britannica”

d) “The Royal tulip”

237. When did the ship “The mayflower” reach North America?

a) in 1620;

b) in 1660;

c) in 1630;

d) in 1616.