On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

____ 1. Spoken from India to Europe at the dawn of recorded history, the ancestor of English

is called

____ 2. Speakers of Latin were vigorous people notable for their

____ 3. Post-Roman invaders of Britain whose language was a distant relative of English were the

____ 4. The Roman occupation of Britain influenced the names the Anglo-Saxons gave their

____ 5. The conversion of the Angles and Saxons to Christianity played an important role in the

development of the English language because

____ 6. Evidence of the close contact between the Vikings and the English can be seen in the

____ 7. Old English grammar differs from Modern English in that the ancient language depends

mainly on

____ 1. Around the year 1000, Old English pronunciation changed when

____ 2. We know about the trend toward merging unstressed vowel sounds through

____ 3. Gender-marked language was changed in Middle English by

____ 4. As Middle English evolved from Old English it

____ 5. To a greater extent than Old English, Middle English indicated meaning through

____ 6. The political event that had long-lasting consequences for the development of the

English language was the

____ 7. Under Norman rule, Middle English became the language of the

____ 1. The Modern English period began with the reign of the

____ 2. The person who printed the first books in English was

____ 3. Early Modern English varies least from earlier forms in its

____ 4. The greatest change between Middle and Early Modern English was the

____ 5. Many major changes in language are

____ 6. The beginning of the extension of English to the far corners of the globe occurred

during the reign of

____ 7. The increased exploration and commerce during the Early Modern English period

resulted in