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HISTORY OF ENGLISH QUIZ

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    QUESTIONS ABOUT HISTORY OF ENGLISH
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  • Name the period for Old English.
    From 450 to 1066 CE.
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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 are the two substages' names in which Modern English is divided?
    Early Modern English and Late Modern English.
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  • Until what year is Pre-English known?
    450 CE
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  • What was the language spoken by the different tribes descended by the Celtic culture?
    Common Britonic
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  • Name two languages which Common Britonic was split into.
    Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, Breton
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  • What's the name of the stage which started with the Roman Invasion?
    Old English
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  • Who built Hadrian's Wall?
    The Romans
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  • What period was Hadrian's Wall built in?
    Old English
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  • Which tribes began raiding the coastal areas of Britain around 450?
    The Anglo-Saxons
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  • Who recorded the Anglo-Saxons oral stories?
    Christian monks.
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  • Who raided Britain between 750 and 1050 and brought another language with them?
    The Vikings
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  • Name a text which is the best example of Old English.
    Beowulf
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  • Old English was the language spoken after the invasion of ...
    Jute, Anglos, Saxons and Vikings
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  • What language was spoken by aristocracy during the period of Middle English?
    French
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  • What period is Geoffrey Chaucer's "Cantebury Tales" an example of?
    Middle English
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