MCQ Chapter 3 Old English Class 11 English Bihar Board 1. The first period in the history of English is also known as:Middle EnglishAnglo-SaxonNorman EnglishNew EnglishQuestion 1 of 202. Old English was spoken during which time period?AD 449-AD 1066AD 500-AD 1000AD 1066-AD 1500AD 1500-AD 1800Question 2 of 203. The Anglo-Saxon invasion in AD 449 changed Celtic Britain into:Norman EnglandGermanic EnglandRoman BritainViking BritainQuestion 3 of 204. The Norman Conquest of AD 1066 brought which language influence into English?GermanCelticFrenchLatinQuestion 4 of 205. The seven kingdoms formed by the Anglo-Saxons were known as:The Anglo-Saxon MonarchyThe Norman KingdomThe Anglo-Saxon HeptarchyThe English ConfederationQuestion 5 of 206. Which group did NOT significantly influence Old English vocabulary?RomansCeltsNormansScandinaviansQuestion 6 of 207. Most Celtic words in Old English are:Names of animalsNames of places or riversMilitary termsAgricultural termsQuestion 7 of 208. Which of the following is a Celtic place name preserved in Modern English?DoverYorkThamesAll of the aboveQuestion 8 of 209. Old English was not a single uniform language and had multiple:DialectsAlphabetsScriptsDictionariesQuestion 9 of 2010. How many main dialects are identified in Old English?TwoThreeFourFiveQuestion 10 of 2011. Which is NOT a dialect of Old English?KentishMercianSaxonNorthumbrianQuestion 11 of 2012. The dialect of Old English that became the basis for written Old English was:NorthumbrianMercianWest SaxonKentishQuestion 12 of 2013. Old English writing initially used which alphabet?RomanGothicCyrillicRunicQuestion 13 of 2014. Runic characters were primarily composed of:Curves and loopsSharp straight linesCircles and dotsCurved and dotted linesQuestion 14 of 2015. The spread of Christianity introduced which alphabet to Old English?GreekRomanRunicEgyptianQuestion 15 of 2016. The Norman Conquest added which letters to the English alphabet?Q, W, and JA, B, and CX, Y, and ZM, N, and OQuestion 16 of 2017. The major foreign influences on Old English were:Celtic and GermanLatin and ScandinavianFrench and SpanishItalian and GreekQuestion 17 of 2018. Latin had a strong influence on Old English vocabulary related to:Military, agriculture, and tradeScience and technologyPhilosophy and literatureFashion and artQuestion 18 of 2019. Which Latin word influenced the English word "wall"?TequlaVallumMuroPortaQuestion 19 of 2020. The Christian missionaries introduced Latin words related to:ScienceTechnologyReligionMusicQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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