COPY: Old English Dialects and Historical Context Quiz
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Which language is referred to as Erse in the text?

  • Cornish
  • Irish (correct)
  • Welsh
  • Manx
  • What language became the prestige language of administration, education, and social life during the Roman colonization of England?

  • Cornish
  • Latin (correct)
  • Irish
  • Welsh
  • Which Germanic tribe settled in the north of England by the year 547, establishing a kingdom known as Anglians?

  • Franks
  • Jutes
  • Angles (correct)
  • Saxons
  • Where was Northumbria located geographically in England, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>North of the Humber River</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was a Northumbrian historian known for completing the Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and Peoples in 731?

    <p>Venerable Bede</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the boundaries of English regional dialects determined by?

    <p>Rivers and roads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is Old English defined historically?

    <p>As a language spoken from the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which geographical area is considered the origin of Old English?

    <p>Holland, northern Germany, and Denmark</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one factor used to define Old English typologically?

    <p>Word order patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people are considered to be the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles with recoverable language remnants?

    <p>Celtic speakers who migrated from Europe in the 2nd millennium B.C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were some skills brought by the Celtic speakers when they arrived in the British Isles?

    <p>Iron working and key vocabulary terms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which river in England can trace its name back to a Celtic word for river?

    <p>Avon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which century did Germanic-speaking tribes and raiders begin to settle portions of the British Isles?

    <p>5th century A.D.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What became a distinctive language as settlements developed in England and Old English emerged?

    <p>Old English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was known as the first center of English speaking, writing, learning, literature, and culture in England?

    <p>Northumbria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines Old English genetically?

    <p>As a Lowlands branch of the West Germanic group of languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of natural and human-made structures in defining English regional dialect boundaries?

    <p>They correspond to important historical moments in Old English language narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people are considered the earliest inhabitants of the British Isles with no linguistic, literary, or verbal remnants?

    <p>Paleolithic peoples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the Stonehenge and other stone-circle monuments constructed by Paleolithic peoples represent?

    <p>Linguistic, literary, or verbal remnants of early inhabitants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is Old English defined geographically?

    <p>As a language originating from Holland, northern Germany, and Denmark</p> Signup and view all the answers

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