1.The first capital of the young nation of the USA is___________.
A) Boston
B) Philadelphia
C) New York
D) Washington
2.Which one of the following American cities is the birthplace of jazz?
A) New Orleans.
B) New York.
C) Boston.
D) Chicago.
3.Who wrote one of the most enduring classic poem Ode to the West Wind ?
A) Wifiliam Wordsworth.
B) Alfred Tennyson.
C) Percy Shelley.
D) David Bum.
4.When was Elizabeth I came to the throne of England?
A) 1538.
B) 1548.
C.1568.
D) 1558.
5.When was Oxford University founded?
A) 1167 in Oxford,
B) 1267 in Oxford.
C) 1367 in Oxford.
D) 1467 in Oxford.
6.Canada is often described as a huge ___________ centered on the Hudson and James Bay.
A) plate
B) saucer
C) cup
D) bowl
7.In the literature of sociolinguistics, refers to a group of institutionalized social situations typically con strained by a common set of behavioural rules.
A) domain
B) distribution
C) dissimilation
D) discourse
8.___________ is a process in which part of the form is native and part is borrowed, but the meaning is fully borrowed.
A) loanshifting
B) loanblending
C) loan translation
D) logical connection
9.What is the name of the woman poet who had her The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America?
A) Anne Bradstreet.
B) Maria Edgeworth.
C) Jane Austen.
D) Emily Dickinson.
10.Who wrote and published the philosophical work Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
A) John Milton.
B) John Locke.
C) Richard Steele.
D) Joseph Addison.
