1. To which group of Germanic languages does English belong?

A) East Germanic

B) Gothic

3. West Germanic

4. Proto Germanic

5. North Germanic

2. From the name of what tribes does the word “English” come?

1. Celts

2. Norsemen

3. Jutes

4. Saxons

5. Angles

3. Which period of English is characterized for the Great Vowel Shift?

1. Modern English

2. Proto English

3. Middle English

4. Old English

5. English Renaissance

4. Which tribes did mostly influence on English?

1. Jutes

2. Angles

3. Celts

4. Norsemen

5. Saxon

5. From what language did the words: sky, egg, cake derive?

1. Latin

2. Celtic

3. Norse

4. Anglo-Saxon

5. French

6. Who did write epic poem “Beowulf”?

1. Geoffrey Chaucer

2. Unknown author

3. William Shakespeare

4. Robert Burns

E) Charles Dikkens

7. The most widely spoken Germanic languages are:

1. Dutch and Afrikaans

2. English and German

3. Swedish and Icelandic

4. Norwegian and Danish

5. Faroese and Gothic

8. In what centuries was there the first wave of invasion in England?

1. VI – VII

2. VIII – IX

3. V – VI

4. IX – X

5. VII – VIII

9. Which period is notable by triangualism in English, French and Latin?

1. Proto English

2. Old English

3. Modern English

4. Middle English

5. Introduction of Christianity

10. Which language was spoken by the Vikings?

A) Celtic

B) Norse

C) Gothic

D) Old Norse

E) Anglo – Saxon

11. Who was the king of England in the 11^th century?

A) Danish king Canute

B) Augustine

C) William the Conqueror

D) William Caxton

E) King Henry

12. What is the genre of “The Canterbury Tales” composition?

A) a collection of stories

B) a novel

C) a set of poems

D) lyrics

E) ballade

13. Experts say “Beowulf” was written in Britain more than

A) three thousand years ago

B) nine thousand years ago

C) two thousand years ago

D) two thousand and five hundred years ago

E) one thousand years ago

14. When the warlike Anglo - Saxon tribes invaded Britain where did they push out most of the Celtic speaking inhabitants?

A) Scotland

B) Brittany coast of France

C) Wales

D) Cornwall

E) All the answers are right

15. The words of places and rivers such as Kent, York, Dover, Cumberland, Thames, Avon, Trent, Severn have origins:

A) French

B) Norman

C) Anglo - Saxon

D) Norsemen

E) Celtic

16. How many events do shape the history of English?

A) 3

B) 5

C) 8

D) 2

E) 4

17. Which roots does the Modern English have?

A) Early Old English

B) Middle English

C) Proto English

D) Old English

E) Germanic

18. When did the Old English period formally end?

A) Scandinavian settlement

B) Introduction of Christianity

C) Norman conquest

D) The becoming as a ruler of the Danish king, Canute

E) Vikings invasions

19. What is the most popular poem of Old English?

A) “Hamlet”

B) “The Shepherd Andreas”

C) “The Canterbury Tales”

D) “Beowulf”

E) “Romeo and Juliet”

20. What language was used by the Norman Kings in 1166?

A) Germanic

B) Anglo-Norman

C) Latin

D) Danish

E) Celtic

21. To which group of languages is the English refered?

1. Norman

2. Late West Saxon

3. East Germanic languages

4. Indo – European

5. West Germanic languages

22. Who did give the beginning to English language?

A) Netherland tribes

B) Latin tribes

C) Norman tribes

5. Germanic tribes

6. Juts tribes

23. Which two languages did influence on Middle English?

1. Anglo – Norman and Latin

2. Anglo – Norman and late Anglo – French

3. Latin and Norman

4. Norman and French

5. Late Anglo – French and Norman

24. Who did write “Canterbury Tales”?

1. Lois Fundis

2. Unknown author

3. Geoffrey Chaucer

4. Robert Burns

5. Charles Dikkens

25. When was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

1. 1330 – 1400

2. 1400 – 1460

3. 1335 – 1400

4. 1340 – 1400

5. 1340 – 1390