HISTORY OF ENGLISH QUIZ | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What's the name of the period which ranges from 1066 to 1450 CE?

Middle English

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What was the language spoken by the different tribes descended by the Celtic culture?

Common Britonic

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What language was spoken by aristocracy during the period of Middle English?

French

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Name a text which is the best example of Old English.

Beowulf

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What period is Geoffrey Chaucer's "Cantebury Tales" an example of?

Middle English

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Name the period for Old English.

From 450 to 1066 CE.

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Who built Hadrian's Wall?

The Romans

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What are the two substages' names in which Modern English is divided?

Early Modern English and Late Modern English.

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What major event had a profound impact on the English language during the Middle English period?

The Norman Conquest of 1066

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Old English was the language spoken after the invasion of ...

Jute, Anglos, Saxons and Vikings

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Name two languages which Common Britonic was split into.

Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, Breton

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How many languages is English made of?

Germanic, Latin, French and Greek.

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What is the Great Vowel Shift?

It was a series of changes in the pronunciation of English vowels.

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