1. The majority of the current population in the UK are decedents of all the following tribes respectively EXCEPT_____________.

A. the Anglos B. the Celts

C. the Jutes D. the Saxons

2. The Head of State of Canada is represented by .

A. the Monarch B. the President

C. the Prime Minister D. the Governor-general

. The Declaration of Independence was written by____________.

A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington

C. Alexander Hamilton D. James Madison

4. The original inhabitants of Australia were_______________.

A. the Red Indians B. the Eskimos

C. the Aborigines D. the Maoris

5. Which of the following novels was written by Emily Bronte?

A. Oliver Twist B. Middlemarch

C. Jane Eyre D. Wuthering Heights

6. William Butler Yeats was a(n) ______ poet and playwright.

A. American B. Canadian C. Irish D. Australian

7. Death of a Salesman was written by_____________.

A. Arthur Miller B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Ralph Ellison D. James Baldwin

8. _______ refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation.

A. Phonology B. Morphology C. Semantics D. Sociolinguistics

9. The distinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPT_________.

A. lexical B. syntactic C. phonological D. psycholinguistic

10. The word tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example of___________.

A. widening of meaning B. narrowing of meaning

C. meaning shift D. loss of meaning

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